Genetic Evidence for Two Carbon Fixation Pathways (the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle and the Reverse Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle) in Symbiotic and Free-Living Bacteria

Genetic Evidence for Two Carbon Fixation Pathways (the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle and the Reverse Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle) in Symbiotic and Free-Living Bacteria

ABSTRACT Very few bacteria are able to fix carbon via both the reverse tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) and the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycles, such as symbiotic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria that are the sole carbon source for the marine tubeworm Riftia pachyptila, the fastest-growing invertebrate. To da...

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Main Authors: Maxim Rubin-Blum, Nicole Dubilier, Manuel Kleiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
carbon dioxide assimilation
carbon metabolism
electron transport
lithoautotrophic metabolism
symbiosis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00394-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00394-18

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