Table 2.

Expected and observed sulfide production from the oleate degradation coupled to elemental sulfur and thiosulfate reduction in the enriched bacterial communities during the screening experiment (4th transfer only).

Stoichiometric reactions	Oleate degradation (mM)	Sulfide production (mM)
		Expected	Observed
$C_{18}{H}_{33}{O}_2^{-}+51S^0+34H_{2}O\to 51S^{2-}+18C{O}_2+101H^{+}$	0.9 ± 0.0	45.9	16.1 ± 1.2
$C_{18}{H}_{33}{O}_2^{-}+12.75S_2{O}_3^{2-}\to 25.5S^{2-}+4.25H_{2}O+18C{O}_2+24.5H^{+}$	0.8 ± 0.0	21.7	10.0 ± 0.9