Microbial Biotechnology of Sulfur in Agriculture

Sulfur is the fourteenth most plentiful element in the earth's crust. Ninetyfive percent of this element is contained in the lithospheric component (Lens et al., 2000). Hydrosphere, the second component, contains approximately 5% of the total sulfur (S) in the sea water. Sulfate is the second p...

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Published inMicrobial Biotechnology in Agriculture and Aquaculture, Vol. 1 pp. 135 - 168
Main Author Ray, R. C
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2005
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Soil Microbial Biomass Nitrogen
SRB
Genus Thiobacillus
Plant Growthpromoting Rhizobacteria
Sewage Sludge
Thiobacillus Denitrificans
Assimilatory Sulfate Reduction
Sulfur Cycle
Rice Soils
Sea Water
Flooded Rice Soils
Obligate Chemolithotrophs
Sulfate Reduction
Sulfur Oxidation
Alkali Soils
Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria
Thiobacillus Thioparus
Sulfobacillus Thermosulfidooxidans
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction
Elemental Sulfur
Thiobacillus Thiooxidans
Sulfur Bacteria
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Summary:Sulfur is the fourteenth most plentiful element in the earth's crust. Ninetyfive percent of this element is contained in the lithospheric component (Lens et al., 2000). Hydrosphere, the second component, contains approximately 5% of the total sulfur (S) in the sea water. Sulfate is the second plentiful anion in the sea water. Sulfide ores like pyrite (FeS2), covellite (CuS), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), galena (PbS) and sphalerite (ZnS) constitute the other sources of sulfur.
ISBN:1578083672
9781578083671
DOI:10.1201/9781482280302-9