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. 1973 Sep;115(3):732–737. doi: 10.1128/jb.115.3.732-737.1973

Dissimilatory Reduction of Inorganic Sulfur by Facultatively Anaerobic Marine Bacteria1

Jon H Tuttle a, Holger W Jannasch a
PMCID: PMC246315  PMID: 4728269

Abstract

Three strains, selected from a large number of newly isolated, facultatively anaerobic marine bacteria, reduced inorganic sulfur compounds other than sulfate anaerobically in defined culture media in the following different patterns: (i) sulfite and thiosulfate were reduced to sulfide, and tetrathionate was reduced to thiosulfate; (ii) tetrathionate was reduced to thiosulfate only; or (iii) thiosulfate was reduced to sulfide only when pyruvate was the substrate. Comparison of anaerobic growth in the presence or absence of inorganic sulfur compounds indicated true dissimilatory reductions.

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