An Ancient Pathway Combining Carbon Dioxide Fixation with the Generation and Utilization of a Sodium Ion Gradient for ATP Synthesis

• Anja Poehlein,

  Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Silke Schmidt,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Anne-Kristin Kaster,

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

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• Meike Goenrich,

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

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• John Vollmers,

  Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Andrea Thürmer,

  Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Johannes Bertsch,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Kai Schuchmann,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Birgit Voigt,

  Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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• Michael Hecker,

  Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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• Rolf Daniel,

  Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Rudolf K. Thauer,

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

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• Gerhard Gottschalk,

  Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Volker Müller

  * E-mail: vmueller@bio.uni-frankfurt.de

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

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