@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-7-1457, author = "Dürre, Peter and Andreesen, Jan R.", title = "Selenium-dependent Growth and Glycine Fermentation by Clostridium purinolyticum", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1982", volume = "128", number = "7", pages = "1457-1466", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-7-1457", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-7-1457", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = " Clostridium purinolyticum fermented glycine as a sole carbon and energy source according to the equation: 4 Glycine + 2H2O → 3 Acetate + 2CO2 + 4NH3 The organism required adenine as a supplement and selenium compounds as micronutrients for growth. The molar growth yield on glycine was 6·5 g dry wt. Radiochemical and enzymic investigations revealed a new fermentation pathway for glycine in which 1 mol glycine was completely oxidized to CO2 and the generated reducing equivalents were used to reduce a further 3 mol glycine to acetate via the glycine reductase system. This reaction was associated with the formation of ATP.", }