| Cross Index | Thiobacillus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Aerobic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria |
| Compare | Nitrifying bacteria:
Sulfur Oxidizing Acidiphilium Macromonas, Thermothrix thiopara Thiobacillus Thiobacterium, Thiodendron latens, Thiomicrospira, Thiosphaera, Thiospira, Thiovulum majus Hydrogen Bacteria: Hydrogenbacter thermophilus Iron & Manganese bacteria: Aquaspirillum , Bilophococcus, Gallionella ferrunginea, Leptospirillum, Metallogenium , Naumanniella, Ochrobium tectum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, Siderocapsa, Siderococcus limoniticus |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Thiobacillus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Small, , rod-shaped cells (about 0.5 x 1.0-4.0 um). |
| Motility | some species motile by means of polar flagella |
| Specialized structures | No resting stages known |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thiobacillus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | All species can fix carbon dioxide by means of the Benson-Calvin cycle and are capable of autotrophic growth; some species are obligately chemolithotrophic, while others are also able to grow chemoorganotrophically. |
| Oxygen | The genus includes obligate aerobes and facultative denitrifying types |
| pH | pH optima of 2-8 |
| Temperature | temperature optima of 20-43`C. |
| Requirements | |
| Products | Energy is derived from the oxidation of one or more reduced sulfur compounds, including sulfides, sulfur, thiosulfate, polythionates and thiocyanate. Sulfate is the end product of sulfur compound oxidation, but sulfur, sulfite or polythionates may be accumulated, sometimes transiently, by most species. One species also derives energy from oxidizing ferrous iron to ferric iron. |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Distribution is seemingly ubiquitous in marine, freshwater and soil environments, especially where oxidizable sulfur is abundant (eg. sulfur springs, sulfide minerals, sulfur deposits, sewage treatment areas and sources of sulfur gases, such as H2S from sediments or anaerobic soils). |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thiobacillus |
| G+C Mol % | 50-68% |
| Reference | Thiobacillus |
| First citation | Beijerink,M.W. 1904. Uber Bakterien welche sich im Dunkeln mit Kohlensaure als Kohlenstoffquelle ernahren konnen. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Paraitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt II 11:593-599 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1842 D.P.Kelly and A. P. Harrison |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 436 |
| References |