The important life-supporting role of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has evolved from bacteria to
plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, and finally to mammals. Over the centuries, however, H2S …

Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are anaerobic microorganisms that use sulphate as a
terminal electron acceptor in, for example, the degradation of organic compounds. They are …

Industrial activities and the natural oxidation of metallic sulfide-ores produce sulfate-rich
waters with low pH and high heavy metals content, generally termed acid mine drainage …

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …

Nitrification and denitrification processes are crucial to plant nutrient availability,
eutrophication and greenhouse gas production both locally and globally. Unravelling the …

It has been proposed that early bacteria, or even the last universal common ancestor of all
cells, were thermophilic. However, research on the origin and evolution of thermophily is …

Chemolithotrophic bacteria that use sulfate as terminal electron acceptor (sulfate-reducing
bacteria) constitute a unique physiological group of microorganisms that couple anaerobic …

Abstract Treatment of waters contaminated with sulfur containing compounds (S) resulting
from seawater intrusion, the use of seawater (eg seawater flushing, cooling) and industrial …

Starting with the Second Edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, the
arrangement of content follows a phylogenetic framework or “road map” based largely on …

A denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method was developed to assess the
diversity of dsrB (dissimilatory sulfite reductase β-subunit)-genes in sulfate-reducing …