Examples of Respiration
| type | lifestyle | electron acceptor | products | Eo' | example organisms |
| aerobic respiration | obligate and facultative aerobes | oxygen O2 | H2O + CO2 | + 0.82 | eukaryotes and aerobicprokaryotes |
| reduction | facultative aerobes, obligate anaerobes | ferric iron Fe(III) | Fe(II) | + 0.75 | Geobacter, Geothermobacter, Geopsychrobacter, Pelobacter carbinolicus, P. acetylenicus, P. venetianus, Desulfuromonadales, Desulfovibrio |
| manganese reduction | facultative or obligate anaerobes | Mn(IV) | Mn(II) | Desulfuromonadales, Desulfovibrio | |
| cobalt reduction | facultative or obligate anaerobes | Co(III) | Co(II) | Geobacter sulfurreducens | |
| uranium reduction | facultative or obligate anaerobes | U(VI) | U(IV) | Geobacter metallireducens, Shewanella putrefaciens, (Desulfovibrio) | |
| nitrate reduction (denitrification) | facultative aerobes | nitrate NO3− | nitrite NO2– | + 0.40 | Paracoccus denitrificans, E. coli |
| fumarate respiration | facultative aerobes | fumarate | succinate | + 0.03 | Escherichia coli |
| sulfate respiration | obligate anaerobes | sulfate SO42− | sulfide HS− | - 0.22 | Desulfobacter latus, Desulfovibrio' oxygen |
| methanogenesis (carbonate reduction) | methanogens | carbon dioxide CO2 | methane CH4 | - 0.25 | Methanothrix thermophila |
| sulfur respiration (sulfur reduction) | facultative aerobes and obligate anaerobes | sulfur S0 | sulfide HS− | - 0.27 | Desulfuromonadales |
| acetogenesis (carbonate reduction) | acetogens | carbon dioxide CO2 | acetate | - 0.30 | Acetobacterium woodii |
| TCA reduction | facultative or obligate anaerobes | trichloroacetic acid | dichloroacetic acid | Trichlorobacter (Geobacteraceae) |
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