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In contrast, the FDHC-like DPBB domain associated with oxidoreductases, such as formate dehydrogenase and molybdopterin-containing dehydrogenases, is widespread in archaea and all major lineages of free-living bacteria.
[12,15] have used geochemical and biological modeling to solve the intriguing question of seep vestimentiferan longevity and how they might also interact with free-living anaerobic microbes to increase sulfide availability.
, which, as the free-living organism with the fewest genes, might be the most suitable as a model system for in-depth understanding of its biology.
These include the SBHM of the phosphotransferase system enzyme II (glucose permease or PTS-EII) found in several lineages of free-living bacteria, the one at the C-termini of cytochrome F from cyanobacteria and chloroplasts, and the NlpD-like cell wall peptidases that are present in most bacteria.
It is not unreasonable that a pseudomonad coexisting in the soil with cyanobacteria, mesorhizobium, streptomycete, and free-living mycobacteria could acquire