Sulfate-reducing microorganism
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sulfate-reducing-microorganism-175-1402437
title:
Sulfate-reducing microorganism
text:
Sulfate-reducing microorganisms (SRM) or sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) are a group composed of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and sulfate-reducing archaea (SRA), both of which can perform anaerobic respiration utilizing sulfate (SO2−4) as terminal electron acceptor, reducing it to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Therefore, these sulfidogenic microorganisms "breathe" sulfate rather than molecular oxygen (O2), which is the terminal electron acceptor reduced to water (H2O) in aerobic respiration. Mos
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Microorganisms that "breathe" sulfates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfate-reducing_microorganism
date created:
2005-01-25T22:25:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:32:50Z
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