Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 27, Problem 3R
In the sulfur cycle, microbes degrade organic sulfur compounds, such as (a) __, to release H2S, which can be oxidized by Thiobacillus to (b) __. This ion can be assimilated into amino acids by (c) __ or reduced by Desulfovibrio to (d) __. H2S is used by photoautotrophic bacteria as an electron donor to synthesize (e) __. The sulfur-containing by-product of this
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