Carbon Fixation
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Organisms that grow by fixing carbon are called autotrophs, which include photoautotrophs (which use sunlight), and lithoautotrophs (which use inorganic oxidation). | Organisms that grow by fixing carbon are called autotrophs, which include photoautotrophs (which use sunlight), and lithoautotrophs (which use inorganic oxidation). | ||
| - | + | Several autotrophic carbon fixation pathways are known: | |
| - | '''Calvin cycle''' | + | '''1) Calvin cycle''' |
| - | + | [[Calvin cycle]] | |
| - | '' | + | '''2) Reverse Krebs cycle''' |
| - | + | [[Reverse Krebs cycle]] | |
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| + | '''3) Reductive acetyl CoA pathway''' | ||
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| + | [[Reductive acetyl CoA pathway]] | ||
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| + | '''4) 3-Hydroxypropionate bicycle''' | ||
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| + | [[3-Hydroxypropionate bicycle]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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