The effect of organic substrate concentration on activity for microbiological reduction of sulfates.
Lactate, pyruvate, malate and alpha-glycerophosphate are excellent sources of energy and structural carbon for Desulfovibrio vulgaris. A fully stoichiometric course of the sulfate reduction process has been observed. A simplified equation of the reaction describing the respiration process of the above bacteria in the presence of alpha-glycerophosphate is proposed.
D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000378:metabolism*; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D008293:Malates / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*
D005994:Glycerophosphates; D007773:Lactates; D008293:Malates; D011773:Pyruvates; D013431:Sulfates; D002244:Carbon