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The Na(+)-motive respiratory chain of marine bacteria
Microbiological Sciences
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
The respiratory chain of the marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus pumps out Na+ at the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase segment. The respiratory Na+ pump plays an important role in the bioenergetics of this bacterium by generating a sodium-motive force as a direct result of respiration in alkaline Na(+)-rich environments.