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New enzyme mechanism explains how sulfur-reducing bacteria process elemental sulfur

Sulfur-reducing bacteria of the phylum Desulfobacterota play a crucial role in the global biogeochemical sulfur cycle. Species such as Geobacter sulfurreducens use elemental sulfur as a terminal electron acceptor during anaerobic respiration, producing sulfide that participates in the global sulfur...

New enzyme mechanism explains how sulfur-reducing bacteria process elemental sulfur
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Sulfur-reducing bacteria of the phylum Desulfobacterota play a crucial role in the global biogeochemical sulfur cycle. Species such as Geobacter sulfurreducens use elemental sulfur as a terminal electron acceptor during anaerobic respiration, producing sulfide that participates in the global sulfur cycle.

Originally published at Phys.org

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