| ANI | Average nucleotide identity |
| AAI | Average amino acid identity |
| CBB cycle | Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| APS | Adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate |
| MAG | Metagenome-assembled genome |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| GTDB | Genome Taxonomy Database |
| ETC | Electron transport chain |
| FeOB | Iron-oxidizing bacteria |
| NRPS | Non-ribosomal peptide synthetase |
| NIS | NRPS-independent siderophore |
| ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
| Rubisco | Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase |
| FCSD | Flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase |
| FBA | Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase |
| Km | Michaelis constant |
| ACIII | Alternative complex III |
| OPPP | Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway |
| PFOR | Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |