Energy Source - Light
Raw Materials - Carbon Dioxide, water, Hydrogen sulfide
By-Products - Oxygen, sulfur, or sulfate
Production of Organic Carbon - Yes
Major Groups - Cyanobacteria,  Purple and green bacteria

Light captured by chlorophyll, 
Light Captured by Bacteriochlorophyll 

Chemosynthesis

-Sulfur oxidation

Energy Source - Hydrogen sulfide

Raw materials - Oxygen

By-Products - Sulfate

Production of Organic Carbon - Yes

Major groups - Sulfure-oxidizing bacteria

BActeria in wetland sediments, mudflats, deep-sea hydrothermal vents

-Aerobic ammonium oxidation

Engergy Source - Ammonium

Raw Materials - Oxygen

By-Products - Nitrite

Production of Organic Carbon - Nitrifying bacteria and archaea

Bacteria in wetland sediments, mudflats, deep-sea hydrothermal vents; open-water archaea

-Nitrite oxidation

Energy Source - Nitrite

Raw Materials - Oxygen

By-Products - Nitrate

Production of Organic Carbon - Yes

Major Groups - Nitrifying bacteria

BActeria in wetland sediments, mudflats, deep-sea hydrothermal vents

-Iron oxidation

Energy Source - Reduced Iron

Raw Materials - Oxygen

By-products - Oxidzed iron

Production of Organic Carbon - Yes

Major Groups - Iron - oxifizing bacteria

BActeria in sediments, deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Aerobic respiration

Energy Source - Organic Matter

Raw Materials - Oxygen

By-products - Carbon dioxide, water

Production of Organic Carbon - No

Major Groups - Heterophic, aerobic baceria and archaea; decay bacteria and archaea

Organic matter broken down using oxygen to release energy

-Sulfate reduction

Energy Source - Organic Matter

Raw Materials - Sulfate

By-products - Hydrogen sulfide

Production of Organic Carbon - No

Major Groups - Sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea

-Nitrate reduction, denitrification

Energy source - Organic Matter

Raw Materials - Nitrate, nitrite

By-products - Nitrogen gas, ammonia

Production of OC - No

MG - Denitrifying bacteria

-Methanogenesis

ES - Organic Matter

RM - Hydrogen, carbon dioxide

By-products - Methane

Production of Organic Carbon - No

MG - Methanogens

Archaea in many enviorments

ES - ATP

RM - Nitroen gas

By-products - Ammonium

Production of OC - No

MG - Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and archaea

Ammonium and other compounds produced from ammonium can be used as nutrients by primary producers

ES - Ammonium

RM - Nitrite

By-Products - Nitrogen gas

Production of Organic Carbon - No

MG - Anammox bacteria and archaea

Ammonium converted to nitrogen in the absence of oxygen to release energy

Es - Light

RM - 

By-products - ATP

Production of Organic Carbon - No

MG - Archaeum in highly saline pools

Light captured by bacteriorhodopsin

Distinguishing Deatures - Non-cellular, parasites of all organisms

Photosynthetic Pigments - None

Major Food REserves - None

Major Cell-Wall or Cell-Membrane Components - Capsid of protein sometimes lipids

Significance in the Marine Environment - Infect all marine organisms, release dissolved orgaic matter (DOM) from destroyed cells

PRokaryotic, unicellular some form colonies

Phoosynthetic - Chlorophyll a, phycobilins, carotenoids in cyanobaceria; bacteriochlorophyll in other photosynthetic baceria

Major food Reserves - Variety of types

Cell-Wall or MEmbrance components - Cell wall of peptidoglycan containing muramic acid chains of amino surgars and amino acids in cyanobacteria

Significance in the Marine Enviroment - Essential role in nutrient cycles; autotrophs and heterotrophs, nitrogen fixers; components of detritus, some cause diesease, symbiotic in many organisms, some produce blooms

Prokaryotic, unicellular

Photosynthetic Pigments - Bacteriorhodopsin in light-capturing archaea 

Major food - Variety of Types

Cell wall or membrane - Cell wall made up of variety of compounds but no muramic acid

Autotrophs and heterotrophs, nitrogen fixers

Eukaryotic, unicellular, some form chains, mostly planktonic

Photosynthetic Pigments - Chlorophyll a,c, carotenoids

MFR - Chrysolaminarin, oil

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes frustule of silica, pectin

Important primary producers, frustules are components of siliceous sediments

Eukaryotic, unicellular, two flagella, mostly planktonic, some bottom-dwelling

Photosnthetic Pigments - Chlorophyll a,c, carotenoids

MFR - Starch, oil

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes cellulose plates (thecae)

Primary producers, symbiotic with other organisms as zooxanthellae, red tides, many are bioluminescent, some cause diseases (Pfiesteria)

Eukaryotic, unicellular, two flagella, planktonic

PP - Chlorophyll a,c, fucoxanthin

MFR - Starch

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes cilica skeleton

Primary producers, skeletons are components of siliceous seiments, some produce blooms

Eukaryotic, unicellular, usually two flagella, planktonic

PP - Chlorophyll a,c, carotenoids

MFR - Starch

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes calcium carbonate plates

Important primary prodicers, plates are components of calcareous sediments, some produce blooms

Eukaryotic, unicellular, usually two flagella, planktonic

PP - Chlorophyll a,c, carotenoids, phycopilins

MFR - Varity of Types

CW, CM - Cell membrane made up mostly or protein

Important primary producers

Eukaryotic, unicellular, bottom-dwelling and planktonic

PP - None

MFR - Variety of Types

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes calcium carbonate shell (test)

Heterotrophs, shells are components of calcareous sediments

Eukaryotic, unicellular, some colonial, mostly planktonic

PP - None

MFR - Variety of Types

CW, CM - Cell membrane secretes silica shell

Heterotrophs, shells are components of siliceous sediments

eukaryotic, unicellular, planktonic, and bottom-dwelling

PP - None

MFR - Variety of types

CW, CM - Cell membrane made up mostly of lipids

Heterotrophs, some associated with marine animals

Eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellar, mostly bottom-dwelling

PP - None

MFR - Variety of Types

CW, CM - Cell wall of cellulose, chitin, and other compounds

Decomposers, many cause disease, symbiotic with algae or cyanobacteria in lichens