Table : table 9.2 Electron Acceptors Used in the Respiratory Chain of Anaerobic Microbes
Terminal electron acceptorProduct formedOrganism
SO4–2H2S Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Fe3+ Fe2+ Geobacter metallireducens
NO3–NO2– Escherichia coli
CO2 CH4 Methanosarcina barkeri
CO2 CH3COO– Clostridium aceticum
Fumarate Succinate Wolinella succinogenes