Molecular evolution of the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway and the reductive glycine pathway in Thermodesulfobacteriota
Tomoyuki Wakashima, Keitaro Kume, Yoko Chiba
The paper investigates the evolutionary history of carbon fixation pathways in Thermodesulfobacteriota, finding that their common ancestor had both the Wood-Ljungdahl and reductive glycine pathways, with subsequent gene loss and horizontal gene transfer shaping current diversity.