Formate-driven growth coupled with H2 production

Yun Jae Kim, Hyun Sook Lee, Eun Sook Kim, Seung Seob Bae, Jae Kyu Lim, Rie Matsumi, Alexander V. Lebedinsky, Tatyana G. Sokolova, Darya A. Kozhevnikova, Sun-Shin Cha, Sang-Jin Kim, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Tadayuki Imanaka, Haruyuki Atomi, Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Jung-Hyun Lee () and Sung Gyun Kang ()
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Hyun Sook Lee: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Eun Sook Kim: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Seung Seob Bae: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Jae Kyu Lim: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Rie Matsumi: Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Alexander V. Lebedinsky: Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-Letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, 117312, Moscow, Russia
Tatyana G. Sokolova: Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-Letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, 117312, Moscow, Russia
Darya A. Kozhevnikova: Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-Letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, 117312, Moscow, Russia
Sun-Shin Cha: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Sang-Jin Kim: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Kae Kyoung Kwon: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Tadayuki Imanaka: Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Haruyuki Atomi: Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya: Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-Letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, 117312, Moscow, Russia
Jung-Hyun Lee: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea
Sung Gyun Kang: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan 425-600, Korea

Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7313, 352-355

Abstract: Alternative energy The oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide and hydrogen is a common reaction in microorganisms in anaerobic environments, but it releases little energy and had not been shown to sustain growth in an isolated species. Now Kim et al. have discovered that that several hyperthermophilic archaea of the Thermococcus genus are indeed capable of using formate oxidation for growth. These organisms thrive at above 80 °C, a habitat that may give a competitive advantage to organisms using what is one of the simplest forms of anaerobic respiration so far described.

Date: 2010
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