SULFUR STEPS

CYCLE MINERALIZATION OF ORGANIC

MYCROBIOLOGY SULFUR INTO INORGANIC FORMS,
IS THE COLLECTION OF SUCH AS HYDROGEN SULFIDE
(H2S), ELEMENTAL SULFUR, AS
PROCESSES BY WHICH
WELL AS SULFIDE MINERALS.
SULFUR MOVES BETWEEN
16
ROCKS, WATERWAYS AND
LIVING SYSTEMS. SUCH
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
ARE IMPORTANT IN
GEOLOGY BECAUSE THEY
OXIDATION OF HYDROGEN
SULFIDE, SULFIDE, AND
S
AFFECT MANY MINERALS ELEMENTAL SULFUR (S) TO
SULFATE (SO42−).

REDUCTION OF SULFATE TO
SULFIDE.

INCORPORATION OF SULFIDE
INTO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(INCLUDING METAL-
CONTAINING DERIVATIVES).