Sulphate Reducing Bacteria

The sulphate reducing bacteria effect a direct reduction of sulphates.

They are widely distributed in nature and common in soils, canals and
lake waters, sewage, marine sediment, etc. the water used for sealing
petrol. They may present in water cooling systems of industrial plants.
These bacteria cause blackening of pulp in a paper mill, and corrode
concrete sewage pipes and pipe surfaces. The most common of these
organism is desulphovibrio desulphuricans. Some strains are
mesophilic and grow best at 25 to 400.