Cytochrome in Thiobacillus thiooxidans
Abstract
Cytochrome is present in the autotrophic sulfur bacterium, Thiobacillus thiooxidans. As mediator in the final electron transfer to oxygen, the cytochrome participates in the oxidation of sulfur compounds by extracts of the organism.
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Volume 140 | Issue 3565
26 April 1963
26 April 1963
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