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Within the filamentous sulfur bacteria there are giant forms with cell diameters of up to several hundred microns. Members of this monophyletic group of bacteria possess a central vacuole, which restricts the active cytoplasm to a thin outer layer. Most of these sulfur bacteria seem to store nitrate in the vacuole, which they use as an electron acceptor for the oxidation of sulfide.
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Schulz-Vogt, H.N. (2006). Vacuoles. In: Shively, J.M. (eds) Inclusions in Prokaryotes. Microbiology Monographs, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33774-1_10
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