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Bacterial oxidation of sulphide under denitrifying conditions

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Anoxic H2S oxidation under denitrifying conditions produced sulphur and sulphate in almost equal proportions by an isolated Thiobacillus denitrificans. Under nitrate reducing conditions the rate of sulphide oxidation was approximately 0.9 g sulphide/g biomass h. Nitrate was reduced to nitrite and accumulated during sulphide oxidation. Above 100 mg nitrite/l, the sulphide oxidation rate declined and at 500 mg/l it was totally arrested. The optimum pH for the anoxic sulphide oxidation was around 7.5. Concentrations of sulphate 1500 mg/l and acetate 400 mg/l had no effect on anoxic sulphide oxidation.

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  1. Biochemical Processing and Wastewater Treatment Section, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum, India-, 695019

    B. Krishnakumar & V.B. Manilal

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Krishnakumar, B., Manilal, V. Bacterial oxidation of sulphide under denitrifying conditions. Biotechnology Letters 21, 437–440 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005584920800

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