Table 2 Summary of sulfur cycle pathways of taxa in SMDB.

From: Sulfur metabolism in subtropical marine mangrove sediments fundamentally differs from other habitats as revealed by SMDB

Pathway

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Archaea

Bacteria

Assimilatory sulfate reduction

15

85

22

82

22

179

32

403

79

1840

Dissimilatory sulfate reduction

11

54

17

60

17

127

24

267

44

904

Organic degradation and synthesis

7

54

12

70

19

160

25

343

67

1500

Sulfide oxidation

3

15

3

21

4

48

4

86

6

191

Sulfite oxidation

10

53

9

58

17

123

20

263

37

904

Sulfur oxidation

12

45

9

47

15

101

21

249

45

936

Sulfur reduction

9

7

6

12

9

16

12

17

17

20

Tetrathionate oxidation

4

47

6

49

7

104

7

254

9

899

Tetrathionate reduction

5

33

7

44

11

93

11

191

18

518

Thiosulfate disproportionation

3

27

5

39

7

93

7

201

10

545

Thiosulfate oxidation

4

48

6

50

7

106

7

261

10

1043

Total

17

93

15

87

25

194

38

432

115

2225