Table 3 The key enzymes responsible for different sulfur metabolism in purple sulfur bacteria (PSB).

From: Comparative genome analysis of marine purple sulfur bacterium Marichromatium gracile YL28 reveals the diverse nitrogen cycle mechanisms and habitat-specific traits

Species

Oxidation of sulfide

Reversed dissimilatory sulfite reductase

Sox system

FCC/SQR

DsrAB

AprAB

Sat

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA/SoxX

SoxC/SoxD

A. vinosum DSM180

SQR

DsrAB

AprAB

Sat

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA/SoxX

—

Ectothiorhodospira sp. BSL-9

FCC

—

—

Sat

—

—

—

—

H. halophila SL1

SQR

DsrAB

—

—

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA

—

YL28

SQR

DsrAB

AprAB

Sat

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA/SoxX

SoxD

M. purpuratum 984

SQR

DsrAB

—

—

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA/SoxX

SoxD

T. violascens DSM198

FCC

DsrAB

AprAB

Sat

SoxB

SoxY/SoxZ

SoxA/SoxX

—

T. mobilis 8321

FCC

DsrAB

AprAB

Sat

—

—

—

—