Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 22, Problem 4AL
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Thiobacillus is called colorless sulfur bacteria because sulfur-containing compounds are used as electron and energy sources. They are sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Whereas Desulfovibrio is sulfate or sulfur reducing bacteria and during anaerobic respiration, they reduce sulfate or elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfide.
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Chapter 22 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
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