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Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria

Medical Definition:	A group of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria that is able to oxidize acetate completely to carbon dioxide using elemental sulfur as the electron acceptor.
Guide Notes:	gram-neg anaerobic bacteria

Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria Categories.

Desulfitobacterium - A genus of anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria in the family Peptococcaceae, that reductively dechlorinates CHLOROPHENOLS.

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