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Thiobacillus
| Medical Definition: | A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that derives energy from the oxidation of one or more reduced sulfur compounds. Many former species have been reclassifed to other classes of PROTEOBACTERIA. |
| Also Called: | Thiobacillus thioparus,Thiobacillus denitrificans |
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