Table 1.

The rates of sulfide oxidation by tested and reported bacteria

Strains	Sulfide oxidation ratea	Reaction condition
T. thiooxidans	158b	Aerobic
T. denitrificans	80c	Anaerobic and nitrate
A. thioparus TK-m	> 59d	Aerobic
G. oxydans 621H	50.1 ± 6.7e	Aerobic
T. ferrooxidans	48b	Aerobic
Chlorobium	12f	Light
P. aeruginosa PAO1	9.5 ± 0.5e	Aerobic
P. putida S16	8.4 ± 0.5e	Aerobic
B. cepacia ATCC 25416	5.6 ± 1.1e	Aerobic
S. marcescens ATCC 13880	1.5 ± 0.2e	Aerobic
Z. profunda SM-A87	0.25 ± 0.04e	Aerobic
B. cereus ATCC 10876	0.19 ± 0.02e	Aerobic
S. aureus ATCC 6538P	0.08 ± 0.01e	Aerobic

^aThe tested bacteria are heterotrophs with SQR and PDO, and the reported bacteria are chemolithotrophs or phototroph. The unit of sulfide oxidation rate is µmol min⁻¹ g⁻¹ of cell dry weight

^bOprime et al. (2001)

^cSublette and Sylvester (1987)

^dKanagawa and Mikami (1989)

^eOur data

^fKim and Chang (1991)