| AQDS | 9,10-anthraquinone 2,6-disulfonate |
| APS | adenosine phosphosulfate |
| CDS | coding DNA sequences |
| COG | clusters of orthologous groups of proteins |
| DCT | DsrC-Trisulfide |
| ISC | inorganic sulfur compounds |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| MIGS | minimum information about a genome sequence |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PGAP | prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline |
| SDB | sulfur-disproportionating bacteria |
| SOR | sulfur oxygenase reductase |
| TCA | tricarboxylic acid cycle |