A Genetic System for the Thermophilic Acetogenic Bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui
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DOI: 10.1128/aem.02210-17
Abstract: ABSTRACT Thermoanaerobacter kivui is one of the very few thermophilic acetogenic microorganisms. It grows optimally at 66°C on sugars but also lithotrophically with H2 + CO2 or with CO, producing acetate as the major product.… read more here.
Keywords: energy; genetic system; thermoanaerobacter kivui; thermophilic acetogenic ... See more keywords
Obligate autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life in a new acetogenic bacterium
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1185739
Abstract: One of the important current issues of bioenergetics is the establishment of the thermodynamic limits of life. There is still no final understanding of what is the minimum value of the energy yield of a… read more here.
Keywords: obligate autotrophy; life; energy; acetogenic bacterium ... See more keywords