Comparative Genome Analysis of Three Thiocyanate Oxidizing <i>Thioalkalivibrio</i> Species Isolated from Soda Lakes.

ABSTRACT: Thiocyanate is a C1 compound containing carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. It is a (by)product in a number of natural and industrial processes. Because thiocyanate is toxic to many organisms, including humans, its removal from industrial waste streams is an important problem. Although a number of bacteria can use thiocyanate as a nitrogen source, only a few can use it as an electron donor. There are two distinct pathways to use thiocyanate: (i) the "carbonyl sulfide pathway," which has been extensively studied, and (ii) the "cyanate pathway," whose key enzyme, thiocyanate dehydrogenase, was recently purified and studied. Three species of Thioalkalivibrio, a group of haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from soda lakes, have been described as thiocyanate oxidizers: (i) T

SUBMITTER: Berben T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5328954 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature