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SULPHUR CYCLE

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE
HOW SULPHUR CYCLE HAPPEN?

Plants absorbs sulphur in form of sulphate ions Desulphovibrio sp (sulphate-reducing bacterium)


formed by the oxidation or eroded rock found in waterlogged soil. It convert organic
surface.Mostly the oxidation process carried out sulphur into H2S.
by bacteria. Volcanic eruptions, mining and industrial
The absorbed sulphur then used to form animo processes also release sulphur dioxide gas into
acids and protein. the atmosphere.
Wastes and dead organisms are decomposed by Hydrogen sulphide can be converted by
bacteria and it form hydrogen sulphide. This can chromatium or other sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.
be oxidized by some bacteria into sulphate. Bacteria and fungi in the swamps decompose
dead and decaying plants and animal into H2S.

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