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Two years ago we began to study whether Thiobacillus thioparus and T. denitrificans could break down thiocyanate oxidatively in the same way as T. thiocyanoxidans; it was immediately apparent that the former did, but since initial results suggested that the first and last of these organisms might nevertheless be separate species we decided not to publish our results at that time. All strains of T. denitrificans received were contaminated and since it has been our practice to work from single-cell culture we abandoned temporarily the study of T. denitrificans.
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HAPPOLD, F., JONES, G. & PRATT, D. Utilization of Thiocyanate by Thiobacillus thioparus and T. thiocyanoxidans . Nature 182, 266–267 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182266a0
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