Insight into the function and evolution of the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway in Actinobacteria [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2021 Abstract Carbon fixation by chemoautotrophic microbes such as homoacetogens had a major impact on the transition from the inorganic to the organic world. Recent reports have shown the presence of genes for key enzymes associated with the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) in the phylum Actinobacteria, which adds to the diversity of potential ...
Jian-Yu Jiao +17 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, 2014 Significance We have studied the functionality of an incomplete acetyl-CoA “Wood–Ljungdahl” pathway in a strictly organohalide-respiring bacterium, Dehalococcoides mccartyi .
Zhuang, Wei-Qin +8 more
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Potential for homoacetogenesis via the
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.
Francesca Vulcano +4 more
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Enzymology of the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway of Acetogenesis [PDF]
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008 The biochemistry of acetogenesis is reviewed. The microbes that catalyze the reactions that are central to acetogenesis are described and the focus is on the enzymology of the process. These microbes play a key role in the global carbon cycle, producing over 10 trillion kilograms of acetic acid annually.
Ragsdale SW.
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Reduction, evolutionary pattern and positive selection of genes encoding formate dehydrogenase in
Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2023 Abstract Acetogens are anaerobes using Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) as the terminal electron acceptor for both assimilation and dissimilation of CO 2 and widely distributed in diverse habitats. However, their habitat adaptation is often unclear.
Yao, Ye +5 more
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Functional cooperation of the glycine synthase-reductase and Wood–Ljungdahl pathways for autotrophic growth of Clostridium drakei [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 Among CO 2 -fixing metabolic pathways in nature, the linear Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) in phylogenetically diverse acetate-forming acetogens comprises the most energetically efficient pathway, requires the least number of reactions, and converts CO 2 ...
Yoseb Song +12 more
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Wood–Ljungdahl pathway encoding anaerobes facilitate low-cost primary production in hypersaline sediments at Great Salt Lake, Utah [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology EcologyAbstract Little is known of primary production in dark hypersaline ecosystems despite the prevalence of such environments on Earth today and throughout its geologic history. Here, we generated and analyzed metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) organized as operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from three depth intervals along a 30-cm sediment
Anna Shoemaker +10 more
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Functional Expression of the Clostridium ljungdahlii Acetyl-Coenzyme A Synthase in Clostridium acetobutylicum as Demonstrated by a NovelIn VivoCO Exchange Activity En Route to Heterologous Installation of a Functional Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018 ABSTRACTEngineering the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) in the established industrial organismClostridium acetobutylicumwould allow for the conversion of carbohydrates into butanol, acetone, and other metabolites at higher yields than are currently possible, while minimizing CO2and H2release.
Alan G. Fast, Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
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Environmental Microbiology, 2022 Summary Species of the genus Blautia are typical inhabitants of the human gut and considered as beneficial gut microbes. However, their role in the gut microbiome and their metabolic features are poorly understood. Blautia schinkii was
Trischler, Raphael +4 more
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Formate- and Sodium Ion-Dependent Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway Involved in Organo-, Litho-, and Methylotrophic Growth of Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans [PDF]
Environ Sci TechnolMethane production by a biogas digester is a promising alternative to the use of fossil fuels as an energy source. One major substrate for methanogenesis is acetate, which is directly used by acetoclastic methanogens.
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