Sulfurimicrobium lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from lake water, and review of the family Sulfuricellaceae to show that it is not a later synonym of Gallionellaceae

A facultatively anaerobic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, strain skT11 T , was isolated from anoxic lake water of a stratified freshwater lake. As electron donor for chemolithoautotrophic growth, strain skT11 T oxidized thiosulfate, tetrathionate, and elemental sulfur under nitrate-reducing conditions....

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