Oxidative Detoxification of Hydrogen Sulphide Detected by Mass Spectrometry in the Soil Amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii
Lloyd, David and Kristensen, Bodil and Degn, Hans,, 126, 167-170 (1981),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-126-1-167,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1350-0872,
abstract= Respiration of the soil amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii is stimulated by low concentrations of H2S (< 17 Pa in the gas phase); consumption of H2S accompanies respiratory stimulation. Inhibition of the main respiratory chain by 1 mm-NaN3 prevents H2S consumption. At higher concentrations, H2S inhibits respiration incompletely; the inhibition is enhanced by 1 mm-salicylhydroxamic acid. Thus this organism has two means of protection against the potentially toxic gas: the ability to oxidize H2S, and the presence of alternative pathways of electron transport which are not blocked by this respiratory inhibitor.,
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