@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-24-2-291, author = "Adams, Mary E. and Postgate, J. R.", title = "On Sporulation in Sulphate-reducing Bacteria", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1961", volume = "24", number = "2", pages = "291-294", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-24-2-291", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-24-2-291", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: Enrichment cultures of mesophilic sulphate-reducing bacteria were readily obtained from soils, mud and corrosion products which had been heated to 90°, yet pure cultures of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans were killed by heating to 60° even when absorbed on dried sterilized soil. Examination of the populations from heated samples revealed exclusively organisms resembling Desulfovibrio orientis; unheated samples contained either D. orientis alone or both D. orientis and D. desulfuricans. The belief that D. desulfuricans sporulates is questioned.", }