Sulfate-reducing bacteria — comprise several groups of bacteria that use sulfate as an oxidizing agent, reducing it to sulfide. Most sulfate reducing bacteria can also use other oxidized sulfur compounds such as sulfite and thiosulfate, or elemental sulfur. This type of… … Wikipedia
Sulfur water — is a condition where the running water contains a high amount of hydrogen sulfide gas that escapes into the air when the plumbing line is opened, giving a distinct rotten egg smell.CausesThe condition is not dangerous, but indicates a high level… … Wikipedia
Sulfur — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Sulfur (disambiguation). phosphorus ← sulfur → chlorine … Wikipedia
Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… … Wikipedia
Purple sulfur bacteria — Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class … Wikipedia
sulfur bacterium — n any of various bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds esp one of the genus Thiobacillus * * * a bacterium that oxidizes hydrogen sulfide, sulfur, or thiosulfate … Medical dictionary
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… … Universalium
Magnetotactic bacteria — (or MTB) are a polyphyletic group of bacteria discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, that orient along the magnetic field lines of Earth s magnetic field. To perform this task, these bacteria have organelles called magnetosomes that contain… … Wikipedia
Purple bacteria — or purple photosynthetic bacteria are proteobacteria that are phototrophic, i.e. capable of producing energy through photosynthesis.cite journal author=D.A. Bryant N. U. Frigaard month=Nov year=2006 title=Prokaryotic photosynthesis and… … Wikipedia
