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The capability of reduction of oxidized sulphur compounds (sulphates, sulphites and thiosulphates) by wild strains of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) Desulfovibrio desulfuricans DV-5/86 and Desulfotomaculum nigriflcans DT-5/86 was estimated basing on dynamics of hydrogen sulphide liberation. The effectiveness of these processes was correlated with the biocorrosion rate of metallic copper in artificial aqueous media containing above mentioned substrates. It was demonstrated that corrosive aggressiveness of used media with selected sulphur compounds and investigated bacteria strains were the highest in the presence of S2O3-2 ions and the lowest in the system containing SO4-2 ions.