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Dense populations of a giant sulfur bacterium in Namibian shelf sedimentsH N Schulz
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse, D 28359 Bremen, Germany
Science 284:493-5. 1999..Similar to Thioploca, the giant bacteria oxidize sulfide with nitrate that is accumulated to </=800 millimolar in a central vacuole...
Big bacteriaH N Schulz
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D 28359 Bremen, Germany
Annu Rev Microbiol 55:105-37. 2001..In fact, a close relative, T. namibiensis, can probably respire in the sulfidic mud for several months before again filling up their large vacuoles with nitrate...
