Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

  • Irene Sánchez-Andrea,
  • Iame Alves Guedes,
  • Bastian Hornung,
  • Sjef Boeren,
  • Christopher E. Lawson,
  • Diana Z. Sousa,
  • Arren Bar-Even,
  • Nico J. Claassens,
  • Alfons J. M. Stams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18906-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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There are several pathways for CO2 fixation in photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic microorganisms. Here, the authors provide experimental demonstration for the operation of the reductive glycine pathway in a natural microorganism, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.