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Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea.

Nature reviews. Microbiology ·Vol. 8 ·No. 6 ·2010-06-00 ·Pages 447-60

Berg IA, Kockelkorn D, Ramos-Vera WH, Say RF, Zarzycki J, Hügler M, Alber BE, Fuchs G

Abstract

The acquisition of cellular carbon from inorganic carbon is a prerequisite for life and marked the transition from the inorganic to the organic world. Recent theories of the origins of life assume that chemo-evolution took place in a hot volcanic flow setting through a transition metal-catalysed, autocatalytic carbon fixation cycle. Many archaea live in volcanic habitats under such constraints, in high temperatures with only inorganic substances and often under anoxic conditions. In this Review, we describe the diverse carbon fixation mechanisms that are found in archaea. These reactions differ fundamentally from those of the well-known Calvin cycle, and their distribution mirrors the phylogenetic positions of the archaeal lineages and the needs of the ecological niches that they occupy.

MeSH Terms
Acetyl Coenzyme A/metabolism Archaea/classification,metabolism Autotrophic Processes Carbon/metabolism Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters/metabolism Ecosystem Glucose/metabolism Hydroxybutyrates/metabolism Metabolic Networks and Pathways Phylogeny
Chemicals
Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters Hydroxybutyrates Acetyl Coenzyme A Carbon Glucose
Authors & Affiliations
8 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Berg Ivan A
Mikrobiologie, Fakultät Biologie, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Kockelkorn Daniel
Ramos-Vera W Hugo
Say Rafael F
Zarzycki Jan
Hügler Michael
Alber Birgit E
Fuchs Georg
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Article Info
Journal
Nature reviews. Microbiology
Abbr.
Nat Rev Microbiol
ISSN
1740-1534
DOI
10.1038/nrmicro2365
Published
2010-06-00
Epub
2010-00-10
Pages
447-60
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
101190261
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2365 View journal details
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