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Science 14 December 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5857, pp. 1732 - 1733
DOI: 10.1126/science.1152209
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MICROBIOLOGY:
A Fifth Pathway of Carbon Fixation

Rudolf K. Thauer

Genome sequence analyses and enzymatic studies reveal a novel CO2 fixation cycle in some autotrophic archaea.

The author is at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany. E-mail: thauer{at}mpi-marburg.mpg.de

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