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is a green, nonsulfur bacterium that employs the 3-hydroxypropionate cycle to grow, using carbon dioxide/bicarbonate as its primary carbon source. Like most bacteria, it possesses the glyoxylate cycle, facilitated by malate synthase and isocitrate lyase (ICL), allowing a "tricarboxylic acid cycle" bypass.
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