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The Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

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The Prokaryotes

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Dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria are probably one of the oldest forms of bacterial life on earth. Their activities have been traced back more than 3 billion years by sulfur isotope fractionation in minerals and rocks (Peck, 1966).

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

  2. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Stolp

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Pfennig, N., Widdel, F., Trüper, H.G. (1981). The Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_74

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