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chemicals from waste and renewable feedstocks. Front Microbiol 7:694
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JE,
Ljungdahl
LG
(1984)
Purification
and
properties
of
5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, an iron-sulfur flavoprotein from Clostridium
formicoaceticum. J Biol Chem 259:10845–10849
27. Biegel E, Müller V (2010) Bacterial Na
+ -translocating ferredoxin:NAD
+ oxidoreductase.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:18138–18142
28. Schölmerich MC, Müller V (2019) Energy conservation by a hydrogenase-dependent
chemiosmotic mechanism in an ancient metabolic pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
116:6329–6334
29. Matthies D, Zhou W, Klyszejko AL, Anselmi C, Yildiz O, Brandt K, Müller V,
Faraldo-Gomez JD, Meier T (2014) High-resolution structure and mechanism of an
F/V-hybrid rotor ring in a Na
+ -coupled ATP synthase. Nat Commun 5:5286
30. Schölmerich MC, Katsyv A, Dönig J, Hackmann TJ, Müller V (2020) Energy conservation
involving 2 respiratory circuits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:1167–1173
31. Schuchmann K, Müller V (2012) A bacterial electron bifurcating hydrogenase. J Biol Chem
287:31165–31171
32. Wiechmann A, Ciurus S, Oswald F, Seiler VN, Müller V (2020) It does not always take two
to tango: “Syntrophy” via hydrogen cycling in one bacterial cell. ISME J 14:1561–1570
33. Poehlein A, Schmidt S, Kaster A-K, Goenrich M, Vollmers J, Thürmer A, Bertsch J,
Schuchmann K, Voigt B, Hecker M, Daniel R, Thauer RK, Gottschalk G, Müller V (2012)
An ancient pathway combining carbon dioxide fixation with the generation and utilization of
a sodium ion gradient for ATP synthesis. PLoS ONE 7:e33439
34. Bengelsdorf FR, Poehlein A, Linder S, Erz C, Hummel T, Hoffmeister S, Daniel R, Dürre P
(2016) Industrial acetogenic biocatalysts: a comparative metabolic and genomic analysis.
Front Microbiol 7:1036
35. Huang H, Wang S, Moll J, Thauer RK (2012) Electron bifurcation involved in the energy
metabolism of the acetogenic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica growing on glucose or H 2
plus CO 2 . J Bacteriol 194:3689–3699
36. Müller V, Frerichs J (2013) Acetogenic bacteria. In: Encyclopedia of life sciences. John
Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester
37. Daniell J, Köpke M, Simpson SD (2012) Commercial biomass syngas fermentation.
Energies 5:5372–5417
38. Liew F, Martin ME, Tappel RC, Heijstra BD, Mihalcea C, Köpke M (2016) Gas
fermentation-a flexible platform for commercial scale production of low-carbon-fuels and
chemicals from waste and renewable feedstocks. Front Microbiol 7:694
39. Daniell J, Nagaraju S, Burton F, Köpke M, Simpson SD (2016) Low-carbon fuel and
chemical production by anaerobic gas fermentation. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol 156:293–
321
40. Dürre P (2005) Formation of solvents in clostridia. In: Dürre P (ed) Handbook on Clostridia.
CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA, pp 671–693
41. Naik SN, Goud VV, Rout PK, Dalai AK (2010) Production of first and second generation
biofuels: A comprehensive review. Renew Sust Energ Rev 14:578–597
42. Ajanovic A (2011) Biofuels versus food production: Does biofuels production increase food
prices? Energy 36:2070–2076
43. Armaroli N, Balzani V (2011) The hydrogen issue. Chem Sus Chem 4:21–36
44. Brandon NP, Kurban Z (2017) Clean energy and the hydrogen economy. Philos Trans Royal
Soc A 375:20160400
45. Balch WE, Schoberth S, Tanner RS, Wolfe RS (1977) Acetobacterium, a new genus of
hydrogen-oxidizing, carbon dioxide-reducing, anaerobic bacteria. Int J Syst Bact 27:355–
361
46. Demler M, Weuster-Botz D (2010) Reaction engineering analysis of hydrogenotrophic
production of acetic acid by Acetobacterium woodii. Biotechnol Bioeng 108:470–474
126
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