Microbial Sulfur Metabolism

✍ Scribed by Judy D. Wall, Adam P. Arkin, Nurgul C. Balci (auth.), Dr. Christiane Dahl, Dr. Cornelius G. Friedrich (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 328
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In nature, sulfur occurs in many different oxidation states and is one of the most versatile elements in life. It is an integral part of many important cell constituents, such as the amino acids cysteine and methionine, and many sulfur compounds serve as the basis for energy-related processes in prokaryotes. In recent years, new methods have been applied to study the biochemistry and molecular biology of reactions of the global sulfur cycle, the microorganisms involved and their physiology, metabolism and ecology. These activities have uncovered fascinating new insights for the understanding of aerobic and anaerobic sulfur metabolism.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Genetics and Genomics of Sulfate Respiration in Desulfovibrio....Pages 1-12
Living on Sulfate: Three-Dimensional Structure and Spectroscopy of Adenosine 5´-Phosphosulfate Reductase and Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase....Pages 13-23
Respiratory Membrane Complexes of Desulfovibrio....Pages 24-35
Biochemical and Evolutionary Aspects of Eukaryotes That Inhabit Sulfidic Environments....Pages 36-45
Evolution and Ecology of Microbes Dissimilating Sulfur Compounds: Insights from Siroheme Sulfite Reductases....Pages 46-59
Genomic and Evolutionary Perspectives on Sulfur Metabolism in Green Sulfur Bacteria....Pages 60-76
Differential-Expression Proteomics for the Study of Sulfur Metabolism in the Chemolithoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans....Pages 77-86
Sulfur and Light? History and “Thiology” of the Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria....Pages 87-100
Thiosulfate and Sulfur Oxidation in Purple Sulfur Bacteria....Pages 101-116
Sulfur Oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum): Genetic and Proteomic Analyses....Pages 117-126
Structural Insights into Component SoxY of the Thiosulfate-Oxidizing Multienzyme System of Chlorobaculum thiosulfatiphilum....Pages 127-138
Redox Control of Chemotrophic Sulfur Oxidation of Paracoccus pantotrophus....Pages 139-150
Bacterial Sulfite-Oxidizing Enzymes – Enzymes for Chemolithotrophs Only?....Pages 151-169
Sulfonates and Organotrophic Sulfite Metabolism....Pages 170-183
Oxidation of Sulfur and Inorganic Sulfur Compounds in Acidianus ambivalens....Pages 184-201
A Novel Coenzyme F420 Dependent Sulfite Reductase and a Small Sulfite Reductase in Methanogenic Archaea....Pages 202-216
Archaeal and Bacterial Sulfur Oxygenase-Reductases: Genetic Diversity and Physiological Function....Pages 217-224
Diversity of Halophilic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in Hypersaline Habitats....Pages 225-237
Sulfur Oxidation at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents....Pages 238-258
Speciation Analysis of Microbiologically Produced Sulfur by X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Spectroscopy....Pages 259-272
Controls on Isotope Fractionation During Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction....Pages 273-284
Bioprocess Engineering of Sulfate Reduction for Environmental Technology....Pages 285-295
Impact of Nitrate on the Sulfur Cycle in Oil Fields....Pages 296-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-308

✦ Subjects

Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Applied Microbiology; Biochemistry, general; Evolutionary Biology