Table of Contents

I: Introduction to Acetogenesis.- 1 Acetogenesis, Acetogenic Bacteria, and the Acetyl-CoA “Wood/Ljungdahl” Pathway: Past and Current Perspectives.- II: Biochemistry and Energetics of Acetogenesis and the Acetyl-CoA Pathway.- 2 The Acetyl-CoA Pathway and the Chemiosmotic Generation of ATP during Acetogenesis.- 3 CO Dehydrogenase and the Central Role of this Enzyme in the Fixation of Carbon Dioxide by Anaerobic Bacteria.- 4 The Sodium Ion Cycle in Acetogenic and Methanogenic Bacteria: Generation and Utilization of a Primary Electrochemical Sodium Ion Gradient.- 5 Energetics of Acetogenesis from C1 Units.- 6 Corrinoid-Dependent Mechanism of Acetogenesis from Methanol.- III: Isolation, Identification, and Phylogeny of Acetogenic Bacteria.- 7 Diversity, Ecology, and Isolation of Acetogenic Bacteria.- 8 Development of DNA Probes for the Detection and Identification of Acetogenic Bacteria.- 9 A Phylogenetic Assessment of the Acetogens.- IV: Physiological and Ecological Potentials of Acetogenic Bacteria.- 10 Acetogenesis: Reality in the Laboratory, Uncertainty Elsewhere.- 11 Acetogenesis from Carbon Dioxide in Termite Guts.- 12 Acetogenesis and the Rumen: Syntrophic Relationships.- 13 Acetogenesis from CO2 in the Human Colonie Ecosystem.- 14 Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation and “Reversible Acetogenesis”.- 15 Acetogenesis at Low Temperature.- 16 Halophilic Acetogenic Bacteria.- 17 O-Demethylation and other Transformations of Aromatic Compounds by Acetogenic Bacteria.- 18 Acetate and the Potential of Homoacetogenic Bacteria for Industrial Applications.- V: Acetogenic Processes in Other Bacterial Groups.- 19 Variations of the Acetyl-CoA Pathway in Diversely Related Microorganisms That are not Acetogens.- 20 Autotrophic Acetyl Coenzyme A Biosynthesis in Methanogens.- 21 CODehydrogenase of Methanogens.- 22 Occurrence and Function of the Acetyl-CoA Cleavage Pathway in a Syntrophic Propionate-Oxidizing Bacterium.- 23 Acetate via Glycine: A Different Form of Acetogenesis.

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