A combined pathway of sulfur compound disproportionation in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Cypionka, Heribert ^a   Smock, Andrea M ^a   Böttcher, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elemental sulfur; Stable isotope; Sulfate reducing bacterium; Sulfite; Sulfur isotope fractionation; Thiosulfate disproportionation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0000859327     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13888.x     Document Type: Article

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