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Two kinds of lithotrophs missing in nature

1977; Akademie-Verlag; Volume: 17; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/jobm.3630170611

0044-2208

E. Broda,

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Two groups of lithotrophic bacteria, the existence of which may be expected on evolutionary and thermodynamical grounds, have not yet been detected: (A) photosynthetic, anaerobic, ammonia bacteria, analogous to coloured sulphur bacteria, and (B) chemosynthetic bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrogen with O2 or nitrate as oxidant.