Microbial sulfur metabolism typically separates sulfide oxidation and sulfate reduction, but this limits adaptation under sulfide-overloaded conditions. Authors here discover a Mycobacterium species MAGM116, that simultaneously performs sulfide oxidation and assimilatory sulfate reduction, reducing ROS by 57.5% and maintaining intracellular redox homeostasis under extreme acidity
- Tipei Jia
- Yongzhen Peng
- Jinying Xi
