identifier: traitmech:000124
label: respiration of sulfur compounds
definition: An anaerobic respiration in which an organism conserves energy by transferring
  electrons to an inorganic sulfur compound as the terminal electron acceptor.
definition_source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
trait_category: METABOLISM
term_kind: CLASS
mapping_status: PROPOSED
parent_traits:
- METPO:1000802
synonyms:
- synonym_text: respiration_of_sulfur_compounds
  synonym_type: RELATED_SYNONYM
  source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1108245
  snippet: sulfate, sulfur, or thiosulfate respiration
  notes: Zavarzina et al. experimentally compare iron respiration with sulfur/thiosulfate
    respiration in Dethiobacter alkaliphilus.
curation_history:
- timestamp: '2026-09-08T00:00:00Z'
  curator: codex
  action: PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH
  changes: Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11
    after repository-wide duplicate review.
  llm_assisted: true