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Diversity of electron-bifurcating CO2-fixing supercomplexes in methanogens
In the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic pathway, formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (Fmd) reduces and fixes CO2, driven by low-potential electrons provided by electron-bifurcating heterodisulfide reductase...