Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
April 2004
Abstract
Moorella thermoacetica (originally isolated as Clostridium thermoaceticum) has served as the primary acetogenic bacterium for the resolution of the acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) orWood–Ljungdahl pathway, a metabolic pathway that (i) autotrophically assimilates CO2 and (ii) is centrally important to the turnover of carbon in many habitats. The purpose of this article is to highlight the diverse physiological features of this model acetogen and to examine some of the consequences of its metabolic capabilities.
Recommended Citation
Drake, Harold L. and Daniel, Steven L., "Physiology of the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica" (2004). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 125.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/bio_fac/125
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Bacteriology Commons, Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology Commons, Microbial Physiology Commons
