Sulfur-Reducing bacteria Able to reduce elemental sulfur to sulfide Unable to reduce sulfate to sulfide Obligate anaerobes Utilize only sulfur as an electron acceptor Also referred to as dissimilatory sulfur reducing bacteria Members of the genus Desulfuromonas can grow anaerobically by coupling the oxidation of substrates such as acetate to ethanol to the reduction of elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfideSulfur-Reducing Bacteria Able to reduce elemental sulfur to sulfide Unable to reduce sulfate to sulfide Obligate anaerobes Utilize only sulfur as an electron acceptor Also referred to as dissimilatory sulfur￾reducing bacteria Members of the genus Desulfuromonas can grow anaerobically by coupling the oxidation of substrates such as acetate to ethanol to the reduction of elemental sulfur to hydrogen sulfide