a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid; esp., sodium thiosulfate
thiosulfate in American English
(ˌθaiouˈsʌlfeit)
noun
Chemistry
a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid
Word origin
[1870–75; thio- + -sulfate]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, immobilize, onshore, upgrade, washoutthio- is a combining form meaning “sulfur,” used in chemical nomenclature in the namesof compounds in which part or all of the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulfur;often used to designate sulfur analogues of oxygen compounds. Other words that usethe affix thio- include: thioaldehyde, thiocarbanilide, thiophene, thioridazine, thioxanthene
Examples of 'thiosulfate' in a sentence
thiosulfate
It can grow with thiosulfate and nitrate or sulfide and oxygen.
Yuchen Han, Mirjam Perner 2014, 'The Role of Hydrogen for Sulfurimonas denitrificans' Metabolism', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0106218. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Members of this genus grow heterotrophically or chemolithoautotrophically with sulfate or thiosulfate as electron acceptors.
Nils-Kåre Birkeland, Peter Schönheit, Lianna Poghosyan, Anne Fiebig, Hans-Peter Klenk 2017, 'Complete genome sequence analysis of Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain 7324 (DSM 8774),a hyperthermophilic archaeal sulfate reducer from a North Sea oil field', Standards in Genomic Scienceshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40793-017-0296-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Similar effluents also containing thiosulfate are those generated from the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and pigment sectors.
Juan Manuel González Lara, Francisco Patiño Cardona, Antonio Roca Vallmajor, MontserratCruells Cadevall 2019, 'Oxidation of Thiosulfate with Oxygen Using Copper (II) as a Catalyst', Metalshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/9/4/387. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ferrous iron and thiosulfate were used as energy sources.
Н. Ю. Васильєва, Л. І. Слюсаренко, Л. С. Нещерет, К. І. Семенов, Т. В. Васильєва,І. А. Блайда 2018, 'BACTERIAL LEACHING OF THE METALS FROM THE SPENT MASS OF FUEL ELEMENTS', Mìkrobìologìâ ì Bìotehnologìâhttp://mbt.onu.edu.ua/article/view/126653. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper describes a novel technology for detoxifying mercury-containing solid wastes with thiosulfate salts.
Chao Han, Wei Wang, Feng Xie 2016, 'Study on the Leaching of Mercuric Oxide with Thiosulfate Solutions', Metalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/6/9/206. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Taku Amo, Maria Luz F. Paje, Akiko Inagaki, Satoshi Ezaki, Haruyuki Atomi, TadayukiImanaka 2002, 'Pyrobaculum calidifontis sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon that grows inatmospheric air', Archaeahttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/616075. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They typically oxidize sulfide and thiosulfate to sulfate with sulfur globules as an intermediate.
Lea Haarup Gregersen, Donald A Bryant, Niels-Ulrik eFrigaard 2011, 'Mechanisms and evolution of oxidative sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria',Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00116/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microbial communities within all samples were dominated by neutrophilic thiosulfate oxidizing bacteria.
John W. Dockrey, Matthew B. J. Lindsay, K. Ulrich Mayer, Roger D. Beckie, Kelsey L.I. Norlund, Lesley A. Warren, Gordon Southam 2014, 'Acidic Microenvironments in Waste Rock Characterized by Neutral Drainage: Bacteria–MineralInteractions at Sulfide Surfaces', Mineralshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/4/1/170. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thiosulfate and possibly sulfide lead to an induction of sox gene transcription.
Frauke eGrimm, Bettina eFranz, Christiane eDahl 2011, 'Regulation of dissimilatory sulfur oxidation in the purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatiumvinosum', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00051/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A putative pe-riplasmic thiosulfate reductase was identified by specific up-regulation.
William Peter eHocking, Runar eStokke, Irene eRoalkvam, Ida Helene eSteen 2014, 'Identification of key components in the energy metabolism of the hyperthermophilicsulfate reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus by transcriptome analyses', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00095/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)