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. 1988 Dec;54(12):2944–2948. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.12.2944-2948.1988

Carbon dioxide fixation and mixotrophic metabolism by strain DCB-1, a dehalogenating anaerobic bacterium.

T O Stevens 1, J M Tiedje 1
PMCID: PMC204408  PMID: 3146946

Abstract

Fixation by strain DCB-1 of CO2 carbon into cell material and organic acids occurred during growth on pyruvate both with and without thiosulfate. By using sodium [14C]bicarbonate and sodium [2-14C]pyruvate, the isotopic composition of products and cells was investigated. Up to 70% of cell carbon was derived from CO2. CO2 carbon was also incorporated into succinate, formate, and acetate. Both carbons of acetate underwent exchange reactions with CO2, although the carboxyl-group exchange was twice as fast. Because strain DCB-1 uses CO2 as its major but not sole carbon source while deriving energy from pyruvate metabolism, we describe its metabolism as mixotrophic. Other mixotrophic conditions also supported growth. Lactate or butyrate, which could not support growth in mineral medium, could replace pyruvate as the oxidizable substrate only when acetate was added to the medium.

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