Microbiology and Ecology of Filamentous Sulfur Formation
- 5 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 277 (5331), 1483-1485
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5331.1483
Abstract
A highly motile chemoautotrophic strain of hydrogen sulfide – oxidizing bacteria from coastal seawater produces solid sulfur filaments of dimensions 0.5 to 2.0 micrometers by 20 to 500 micrometers. Filamentous sulfur is rapidly produced by direct excretion by a vibrioid organism, and the newly produced filaments are thickened by the deposition of sulfur by other members of the population. Microscopic observations of the flocculent discharge material collected from diffuse-flow hydrothermal vents (9°N, East Pacific Rise) revealed that the material from this source is composed largely of filamentous sulfur of morphology nearly identical to that obtained in the model laboratory system.Keywords
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