lithotroph
overview of the metabolic process
Table:
Name

Examples

Source of energy and electrons

Respiration electron acceptor

Iron bacteria

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Fe2+ (ferrous iron) → Fe3+ (ferric iron) + e-[15]

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)[15]

Nitrosifying bacteria

Nitrosomonas

NH3 (ammonia) → NO−
2 (nitrite) + e-[16]

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)[16]

Nitrifying bacteria

Nitrobacter

NO−
2 (nitrite) → NO−
3 (nitrate) + e-[17]

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)[17]

Chemotrophic purple sulfur bacteria

Halothiobacillaceae

S2−
(sulfide) → S0
(sulfur) + e-

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)

Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

Chemotrophic Rhodobacteraceae
and Thiotrichaceae

S0
(sulfur) → SO2−
4 (sulfate) + e-

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)

Aerobic hydrogen bacteria

Cupriavidus metallidurans

H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water) + e-[18]

O
2 (oxygen) → H
2O (water)[18]

Anammox bacteria

Planctomycetes

NH3 (ammonia) → N
2 (nitrogen) + e-[19]

NO−
2 (nitrite)[19]

Thiobacillus denitrificans

Thiobacillus denitrificans

S0
(sulfur) → SO2−
4 (sulfate) + e-[20]

NO−
3 (nitrate)[20]

Sulfate-reducing bacteria: Hydrogen bacteria

H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water) + e-[18]

Sulfate (SO2−
4)[18]

Sulfate-reducing bacteria: Phosphite bacteria

Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans

PO3−
3 (phosphite) → PO3−
4 (phosphate) + e-

Sulfate (SO2−
4)

Methanogens

Archaea

H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water) + e-

CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Carboxydotrophic bacteria

Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans

carbon monoxide (CO) → carbon dioxide (CO2) + e-

H
2O (water) → H
2 (hydrogen)

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Provide only the chosen type(s), separated by commas if multiple, within the list in this JSON: {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["biology.organism_classification"]}