Versatile Medium for the Enumeration of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Versatile medium for the enumeration of sulfate-reducing bacteria.

A lactate-yeast extract-sulfate medium, making use of both thioglycolate and ascorbate to poise the E(n) gave valid colony counts of sulfate-reducing bacteria with both pure cultures and natural samples.

Metabolic Flexibility of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRB) are a very diverse group of anaerobic bacteria that are omnipresent in nature and play an imperative role in the global cycling of carbon and sulfur. In anoxic marine sediments sulfate reduction accounts for up to 50% of the entire organic mineralization in coastal and shelf ecosystems where sulfate diffuses several meters deep into the sediment....

Peptonized milk as an enumeration medium for soil bacteria.

Peptonized milk agar with Actidione proved to be superior to either Trypticase soy agar or soil extract agar for enumeration of soil bacteria.

Classification of Desulfovibrio species, the nonsporulating sulfate-reducing bacteria.

Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria.