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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Lars G. Ljungdahl  & Michael W. Adams  & 

  2. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Larry L. Barton

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16801, USA

    James G. Ferry

  4. Department of Chemistry Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Michael K. Johnson

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Das, A., Ljungdahl, L.G. (2003). Electron-Transport System in Acetogens. In: Ljungdahl, L.G., Adams, M.W., Barton, L.L., Ferry, J.G., Johnson, M.K. (eds) Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22731-8_14

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