ly ▁as ▁poly h ydro xy alk ano ates ▁( PH As ). ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁int rac ell ular ▁poly ph osph ate ▁is ▁de grad ed ▁to ▁form ▁ATP , ▁re le asing ▁ph osph ate ▁into ▁the ▁medium . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁subsequent ▁aer ob ic ▁phase , ▁P H As ▁are ▁used ▁for ▁energy ▁production ▁and ▁ph osph ate ▁is ▁taken ▁up ▁from ▁the ▁medium ▁to ▁form ▁poly ph osph ate . ▁ ▁Gen omic ▁reconst ruction ▁from ▁an ▁E B PR ▁re actor ▁en rich ed ▁with ▁C AP ▁II A ▁revealed ▁it ▁to ▁contain ▁two ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁ph osph ate ▁trans por ters , ▁the ▁high - aff inity ▁P st ▁and ▁low - aff inity ▁Pit ▁trans por ters , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁using ▁the ▁Emb den - M ey er hof ▁( EM ) ▁g ly c ogen ▁de grad ation ▁path way . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁C AP ▁II A ▁gen ome ▁contains ▁nit ro gen ▁and ▁CO 2 ▁fix ation ▁gen es , ▁which ▁indicate ▁ ▁C AP ▁has ▁adapted ▁to ▁environments ▁limited ▁in ▁carbon ▁and ▁nit ro gen . ▁ ▁A ▁dis cre p ancy ▁between ▁the ▁genom ic ▁data ▁and ▁re actor ▁performance ▁data ▁was ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁functional ▁resp ir atory ▁nit rate ▁re duct ase ▁gene . ▁ ▁Pre vious ▁work ▁had ▁shown ▁C AP ▁could ▁use ▁nit rate ▁as ▁the ▁terminal ▁electron ▁accept or , ▁but ▁the ▁genom ic ▁data ▁indicate ▁the