Microbial sulfur metabolism

In nature, sulfur occurs in many different oxidation states and is one of the most versatile elements in life. It is an integral part of many important cell constituents, such as the amino acids cysteine and methionine, and many sulfur compounds serve as the basis for energy-related processes in prokaryotes. In recent years, new methods have been applied to study the biochemistry and molecular biology of reactions of the global sulfur cycle, the microorganisms involved and their physiology, metabolism and ecology. These activities have uncovered fascinating new insights for the understanding of aerobic and anaerobic sulfur metabolism.

Genetics and genomics of sulfate respiration in desulfovibrio / Judy D., Wall ... [et al.] -- Living on sulfate: three-dimensional structure and spectroscopy of adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate reductase and dissimilatory sulfite reductase / Gunter Fritz ... [et al.] -- Respiratory membrane complexes of desulfovibrio / Ines A. Cardoso Pereira ... [et al.] -- Biochemical and evolutionary aspects of eukaryotes that inhabit sulfidic environments / Ursula Theissen and William Martin -- Evolution and ecology of microbes dissimilating sulfur compounds: insights from siroheme sulfite reductases / Alexander Loy, Stephan Duller and Michael Wagner -- Genomic and evolutionary perspectives on sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria / Niels-Ulrik Frigaard and Donald A. Bryant.

Differential-expression proteomics for the study of sulfur metabolism in the chemolithoautotrophic acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans / Lissette Valenzuela ... [et al.] -- Sulfur and light? History and "thiology" of the phototrophic sulfur bacteria / Hans G. Truper -- Thiosulfate and sulfur oxidation in purple sulfur bacteria / Frauke Grimm, Bettina Franz and Christiane Dahl -- Sulfur oxidation in chlorobium tepidum (syn, chl…