The reversibility of dissimilatory sulphate reduction and the cell-internal multi-step reduction of sulphite to sulphide: insights from the oxygen isotope composition of sulphate

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-54

  Brunner, Benjamin ^a   Einsiedl, Florian ^b   Arnold, Gail L ^a   Müller, Inigo ^a,c   Templer, Stefanie ^d   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

isotope exchange; isotope fractionation; oxygen 18; sulphate reduction; sulphur 34

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFITES; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 84858399026     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.608128     Document Type: Article

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