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The Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria

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Abstract

The group of aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria is physiologically defined and comprises bacteria from different taxonomic units. This group is defined by the ability to utilize gaseous hydrogen as electron donor with oxygen as electron acceptor and to fix carbon dioxide; i.e., to grow chemolithoautotro-phically. These hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria sensu stricto are different from those other bacteria (Acetobacter, Azotobacter, Enterobacteriaceae, and others) that also oxidize hydrogen under aerobic conditions, but without autotrophic CO2 fixation. Furthermore, they are different from the bacteria that utilize hydrogen under anaerobic conditions, with sulfate or carbon dioxide as hydrogen acceptors (e.g., Desulfovibrio, Clostridium aceticum, Aceto-bacterium woodii, and Methanobacterium thermo-autotrophicum).

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    Mortimer P. Starr

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    Hans G. Schlegel

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Aragno, M., Schlegel, H.G. (1981). The Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_70

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