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GO: Biological Process
dissimilatory sulfate reduction
- Term ID
- GO:0019420
- Synonyms
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- dissimilatory sulphate reduction
- Definition
- The reduction of sulfate to hydrogen sulfide, which acts as a terminal electron acceptor. Sulfate is activated to adenosine-phosphosulfate (APS) which is then reduced to sulfite, which is in turn reduced to hydrogen sulfide. (2)
- References
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- MetaCyc:DISSULFRED-PWY
- Wikipedia:Sulfate-reducing_microorganism
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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