Wood–Ljungdahl pathway found in novel marine Korarchaeota groups illuminates their evolutionary history [PDF]
mSystems, 2023 Korarchaeota, due to its rarity in common environments, is one of the archaeal phyla that has received the least attention from researchers. It was previously thought to consist solely of strict thermophiles.
Jie Pan +6 more
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Insights into the genome structure of four acetogenic bacteria with specific reference to the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2019 Acetogenic bacteria are obligate anaerobes with the ability of converting carbon dioxide and other one‐carbon substrates into acetate through the Wood–Ljungdahl (WL) pathway.
Alfonso Esposito +5 more
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Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Acetogenic bacteria are capable of fermenting CO2 and carbon monoxide containing waste-gases into a range of platform chemicals and fuels. Despite major advances in genetic engineering and improving these biocatalysts, several important physiological ...
Pawel Piatek +7 more
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Molecular evolution of the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway and the reductive glycine pathway in Desulfobacterota [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyCarbon fixation is a fundamental metabolic process that sustains ecosystems, yet its origins and evolutionary history remain largely unresolved. In this study, we focused on the Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway, which is considered one of the most ancient ...
Tomoyuki Wakashima +5 more
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Single-Cell Genomics of Novel Actinobacteria With the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway Discovered in a Serpentinizing System [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Serpentinite-hosted systems represent modern-day analogs of early Earth environments. In these systems, water-rock interactions generate highly alkaline and reducing fluids that can contain hydrogen, methane, and low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons-potent ...
Nancy Merino +14 more
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Methanogenesis and the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway: An Ancient, Versatile, and Fragile Association. [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2016 Methanogenesis coupled to the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway is one of the most ancient metabolisms for energy generation and carbon fixation in the Archaea. Recent results are sensibly changing our view on the diversity of methane-cycling capabilities in this Domain of Life.
Simonetta Gribaldo +2 more
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Potential for Homoacetogenesis via the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway in Korarchaeia Lineages From Marine Hydrothermal Vents [PDF]
Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2023 Abstract The Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) is a key metabolic component of acetogenic bacteria where it acts as an electron sink. In Archaea, despite traditionally being linked to methanogenesis, the pathway has been found in several Thermoproteota and Asgardarchaeota lineages.
Petra Hribovsek +2 more
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Diverse Energy-Conserving Pathways in Clostridium difficile: Growth in the Absence of Amino Acid Stickland Acceptors and the Role of the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway. [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 2020 Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, multidrug-resistant, toxin-producing pathogen with major health impacts worldwide. It is the only widespread pathogen harboring a complete set of Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) genes; however, the role of the WLP in C. difficile is poorly understood.
David A Grahame
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Bacterial Estrogenesis Without Oxygen: Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway Likely Contributed to the Emergence of Estrogens in the Biosphere [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaAndrogen and estrogen, key sex hormones, were long thought to be exclusively produced by vertebrates. The O 2 -dependent aromatase that converts androgen to estrogen (estrogenesis) has never been identified in any prokaryotes.
Yin-Ru Chiang +2 more
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Incomplete Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway Facilitates One-Carbon Metabolism in Organohalide-Respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014 Significance We have studied the functionality of an incomplete acetyl-CoA “Wood–Ljungdahl” pathway in a strictly organohalide-respiring bacterium, Dehalococcoides mccartyi .
Markus Bill +2 more
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