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sulfur bacteria
(redirected from Sulfate-reducing bacteria)

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Noun1.sulfur bacteria - any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
sulphur bacteria, thiobacteria
thiobacillus - small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
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Sulfate, as host for sulfate-reducing bacteria that create hydrogen sulfide gas, is the third member of this triumvirate.
OUR WATER QUALITY: IRON, MANGANESE AND RELATED BACTERIA by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Because increased concentrations of methane and TCE and decreased concentrations of sulfate were observed at the Sages site subsequent to ethanol flushing, there was strong indication of the presence of methanogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria and even possibly methane-oxidizing bacteria, given the reported aerobic preflushing conditions (Mravik et al.
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In the low-oxygen conditions there, thick mats of sulfate-reducing bacteria grew on the carbonate rocks.
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