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ATTACHMENT OF THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS TO SULFUR CRYSTALS

Department of Bacteriology, Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

ABSTRACT

SCHAEFFER, W. I. (Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, N.J.), P. E. HOLBERT, AND W. W. UMBREIT. Attachment of Thiobacillus thiooxidans to sulfur crystals. J. Bacteriol. 85:137–140. 1963.—Electron micrographs of replicas of sulfur crystals before and after attack by Thiobacillus thiooxidans show that the microorganisms erode the crystal in the area immediately adjacent to the cell. When there are many cells, the entire crystal surface appears eroded.

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