Two kinds of lithotrophs missing in nature

作者：E. E. BRODA · 发表于：Zeitschrift für allgemeine Mikrobiologie · 年份：1977 · DOI：10.1002/jobm.19770170611 · 被引用次数：168 · 研究领域：Origins and Evolution of Life、Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies、Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Abstract Two groups of lithotrophic bacteria, the existence of which may be expected on evolutionary and thermodynamical grounds, have not yet been detected: (A) photosynthetic, anaerobic, ammonia bacteria, analogous to coloured sulphur bacteria, and (B) chemosynthetic bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrogen with O2 or nitrate as oxidant.