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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 |
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Desulfitobacterium - A genus of anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria in the family Peptococcaceae, that reductively dechlorinates CHLOROPHENOLS. |
Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria Medical Definitions and Terms
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