Literature summary extracted from

Beard, S.; Paradela, A.; Albar, J.P.; Jerez, C.A.
Growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 in thiosulfate under oxygen-limiting conditions generates extracellular sulfur globules by means of a secreted tetrathionate hydrolase (2011), Front. Microbiol., 2, 79.

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
3.12.1.B1	Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans	B7J3C9	-	-

General Information

EC Number	General Information	Comment	Organism
3.12.1.B1	physiological function	under oxygen-sufficient conditions strain oxidizes thiosulfate to tetrathionate, which accumulates in the culture medium. Tetrathionate is then oxidized by tetrathionate hydrolase generating thiosulfate, elemental sulfur, and sulfate as final products. In thiosulfate-grown cultures shifted to oxygen-limiting conditions a massive production of extracellular conspicuous sulfur globules is seen, with concomitant decrease in tetrathionate concentration. Cellular tetrathionate hydrolase activity is negligible in oxygen-limiting conditions, while extracellular activity is high under both conditions	Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

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