The Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

The microbial reduction of elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfide under anaerobic conditions has been observed and described repeatedly during the past 100 years (Beijerinck, 1895; Omelianski, 1904; Pelsh, 1936; Roy and Trudinger, 1970; Starkey, 1937; Woolfolk, 1962). Many different prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms were shown to be able to reduce elemental sulfur in nonspecific, incidental side reactions in the course of their regular fermentative metabolism. Thiosulfate, methylene blue, aldehydes, or other compounds were also reduced. Under these circumstances, it is questionable whether the reduction of elemental sulfur plays any significant role in the normal metabolism of such cells (Roy and Trudinger, 1970).

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