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Definition of Sulphur bacteria
1. Noun. Any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphur Bacteria
Literary usage of Sulphur bacteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... decomposed by putrefactive bacteria and yielding Sib which the sulphur bacteria
oxidize; the resulting sulphur is then again oxidized to SO3 and again ..."
2. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Having now discussed the nitro-bacteria, the relations established for the
colourless sulphur-bacteria appear in altogether a new light. ..."
3. Micro-organisms and Fermentation by Alfred Peter Carlslund Jørgensen, Alfred Jörgensen, A. E. Lennholm (1900)
"... the action of such bacteria.1 1In this connection may be mentioned the sulphur
bacteria described by COHN, WARMING, ENGLER, and especially WINOGRADSKY, ..."
4. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... groups or orders— the true bacteria and the sulphur bacteria. A portion of
the true or Eubacteria together with the sulphur forms, are designated as the ..."
5. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"The "sulphur bacteria" are remarkable for their dependence on sulphuretted ...
The sulphur bacteria flourish by oxidising the sulphuretted hydrogen in such ..."
6. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The sulphur bacteria live in sulphur springs where hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is
... The fact that the sulphur bacteria can live without organic compounds ..."
7. Agricultural Bacteriology: A Study of the Relation of Bacteria to by H[erbert] W[illiam] Conn (1901)
"The sulphur bacteria in the soil and water seize the H2S, using it as a source
of energy, oxidizing the gas and setting the sulphur free. ..."
8. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"Other low organic forms, the so-called sulphur bacteria, oxidize H2S and ...
The sulphur bacteria are found in sulphur springs and in the mud of seas and ..."
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