| 1 | Author | Andreas Rabenstein, Jörg Rethmeier, Ulrich Fischer | Requires cookie* |
| Title | Sulphite as Intermediate Sulphur Compound in Anaerobic Sulphide Oxidation to Thiosulphate by Marine Cyanobacteria  | ||
| Abstract | Anaerobic sulphide oxidation in the light was studied with seven cyanobacterial strains isolated from the southern Baltic Sea. All strains oxidized sulphide (1.2-3.5 mM) stoichio-metrically to thiosulphate. No elemental sulphur could be detected as end product of anoxy-genic photosynthesis. Sulphite as intermediate sulphur compound was released into the growth medium during anaerobic sulphide oxidation by these cyanobacteria. The formation of sulphite from sulphide was inhibited by the photosynthesis inhibitor DCMU. The cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. strain BO 32 produced another so far not identified interm ediate sulphur compound which was probably stored within the cells. | ||
| Reference | Z. Naturforsch. 50c, 769—774 (1995); received July 24/August 28 1995 | ||
| Published | 1995 | ||
| Keywords | Cyanobacteria, Anaerobic Sulphide Oxidation, Interm ediate Sulphur Compounds | ||
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