A common pathway of sulfide oxidation by sulfate-reducing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Fuseler, Knut ^a   Krekeler, Daniel ^a   Sydow, Ulrike ^a   Cypionka, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elemental sulfur disproportionation; Glutathione; Nitrate; Nitrite; Periplasmic space; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBULBUS PROPIONICUS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0030296668     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00337-0     Document Type: Article

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