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MICROBIOLOGY-SGM
Volume 148, Issue -, Pages 267-276Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-1-267
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XANES; sulfur K-edge; quantitative analysis; sulfur-oxidizing bacteria; sulfur globules
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X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at the sulfur Kedge was applied to probe the speciation of sulfur of metabolically different sulfur-accumulating bacteria in situ. Fitting the spectra using a least-square fitting routine XANES reveals at least three different forms of sulfur in bacterial sulfur globules. Cyclooctasulfur dominates in the sulfur globules of Beggiatoa alba and the very recently described giant bacterium Thiomargarita namibiensis. A second type of sulfur globules is present in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: here the sulfur occurs as polythionates. In contrast, in purple and green sulfur bacteria the sulfur mainly consists of sulfur chains, irrespective of whether it is accumulated in globules inside or outside the cells. These results indicate that the speciation of sulfur in the sulfur globules reflects the different ecological and physiological properties of different metabolic groups of bacteria.
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