dissimilatory sulfate reduction

id: GO:0019420
name: dissimilatory sulfate reduction
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

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