Table of Contents:
  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria: an overview / Rivers Singleton, Jr.
  • Carbon metabolism of sulfate-reducing bacteria / Theo A. Hansen
  • Bioenergetic strategies of the sulfate-reducing bacteria / Harry D. Peck, Jr.
  • Genetics of the sulfate-reducing bacteria / Judy D. Wall
  • Molecular biology of the sulfate-reducing bacteria / Gerrit Voordouw
  • Phylogeny of sulfate-reducing bacteria and a perspective for analyzing their natural communities / Richard Devereux and David A. Stahl
  • Ecological actions of sulfate-reducing bacteria / David W. Smith
  • Industrial and environmental activities of sulfate-reducing bacteria / J.M. Odom.