User:Kupirijo/Lithotrophs

Chemolithotrophs

Name	Examples	Source of energy	Source of electrons	Respiration electron acceptor
Iron bacteria		Fe2+ (ferrous iron) → Fe3+ (ferric iron)	Fe2+	O 2 (Oxygen)
Nitrosifying bacteria		NH3 (ammonia) → NO− 2 (nitrite)	NH3	O 2 (Oxygen)
Nitrifying bacteria		NO− 2 (nitrite) → NO− 3 (nitrate)	NO− 2	O 2 (Oxygen)
Chemotrophic purple sulfur bacteria	Halothiobacillaceae	S2− (sulfide) → S0 (sulfur)	S2−	O 2 (Oxygen)
Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria	Chemotrophic Rhodobacteraceae and Thiotrichaceae	sulfur (S0 ) → sulfate (SO2− 4)	sulfur	O 2 (Oxygen)
Thiobacillus denitrificans	Thiobacillus denitrificans	sulfur (S0 ) → sulfate (SO2− 4)	sulfur	Nitrate (NO− 3)
Anammox bacteria	Planctomycetes	NH3 (ammonia) → N 2 (nitrogen)	NH3	Nitrite (NO− 2)
Sulfate-reducing bacteria		H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water)	H2 (hydrogen)	Sulfate (SO2− 4)
Phosphite bacteria		phosphite → phosphate	phosphite	Sulfate (SO2− 4)
Aerobic hydrogen bacteria	Cupriavidus metallidurans	H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water)	H2 (hydrogen)	O 2 (Oxygen)
Carboxydotrophic bacteria		carbon monoxide (CO) → carbon dioxide (CO2)	carbon monoxide (CO)	O 2 (Oxygen)
Methanogens	Archaea	H2 (hydrogen) → H2O (water)	H2 (hydrogen)	CO2 (carbon dioxide)