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what are chemlithotrophs, chemlithotroph requirements, survival of chemlithotrophs, uses of chemlithotrophs, Thiobacillus, Ferrobacillus, Beggiatoa, Hydrogenomonas
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Microbial Population in H2O chemlithotrophs
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inorganic substances provide ENERGY
ammonia/ sulphur/ nitrate/ iron & hydrogen
WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS TO survive?
O2 is NOT always essential
CARBON is NOT always essential
(Wikipedia, 2008)
CO > carbon monoxide
H2S > hydrogen sulphide
SO2 > sulphur dioxide
NH3 > nitrate
NO2 > nitrite
H2 > hydrogen
Temperature
Deep sea thermal vents harbour these microbes at 230-360230-360ooCC
Beggiatoa –likes sulphur Hydrogenomonas – likes hydrogen
Chemlithotrophs are in... Rivers and Lakes: are much cooler, 3-153-15ooCC
Nitrosomonas – like nitrogen
AND in Mines: are ALSO cool : Thiobacillus – likes iron Gallionella – likes iron
Smso.net, 2005
CHEMLITHOTROPHS do not have an affinity with light.
Light is not essential to their metabolism
Exposure would DECREASEDECREASE growth as it does not live in the light
DIRECT SUNLIGHT is used to kill off microbes in the
tropics
CHEMLITHOTROPHS live where
the conditions favour their needs.
For example: “Beggiatoa,” that needs
sulphur is located in mines, caves & thermal
areas.
If it was taken from it’s habitat to a
habitat that does not have sulphur it would
not survive
the amount of salt in the water
Some survive in H2O that is 35% salt the microbe has special walls that repel salt.
substance inside like salt, no absorption occurs
a pump system that ejects the absorbed salt
used to cure animal hides
by breakdown of the
layers
Reduce salinity of land
so that crops can grow
Microbes don’t grow as well
in quiet waters as the nutrients
are eventually depleted
when,” O2 ,“ is not neededthe bottom sediment is
homeThese are ANAEROBIC
MICROBES
microbes that need,” O2 ,“
are near the water surface
These are AEROBIC MICROBES
(Wikipedia, 2008)
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some CHEMOLITHOTROPHS are able to withstand very steep pressures some only survive inin these conditions
These microbes are located:
structures of incredible pressures
great depths of the ocean
Bibliography
Smso.net. (2005). Chemlithotrophy. Retrieved September 14, 2008, from http//: www.smso.net/Chemolithotrophy - 20k
Smso.net. (2005). Litotrophs and Phototrophs other ways to get energy. Retrieved September 14, 2008, from http://faculty.weber.edu/mzwolinski/IntroMicro/111 3Units/Unit%203/Litotrophs%20and%20Phototrophs.pdf
Wikipedia. (2008). Lithotrophs – wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved September 13, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotroph