Science. 1983 Jul 15;221(4607):221-7. doi: 10.1126/science.221.4607.221.
The pattern of sulfur transformation in peat across the Everglades basin indicates that pyrite formation in organic-rich swamps depends on the use of organic oxysulfur compounds in dissimilatory respiration by sulfur-reducing bacteria. This paragenesis explains the primary distribution of sulfur compounds in low-sulfur coals and possibly in most coals and many organic-rich soils and sediments. It also accounts for the occurrence of framboidal pyrite bound in fossil tissue in coal and sediments.
泥炭中硫转化的模式表明，富含有机物的沼泽中黄铁矿的形成取决于硫酸盐还原菌异化呼吸中有机含氧硫化合物的利用。这种共生组合解释了低硫煤中硫化合物的主要分布，也可能解释了大多数煤以及许多富含有机质的土壤和沉积物中的硫化合物的分布。它还解释了煤和沉积物中与化石组织结合的鲕状黄铁矿的存在。
