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Abbreviations

ETP:

electron transport coupled phosphorylation

MK:

menaquinone

MKH2 :

menaquinol

Em :

midpoint potential

E′0 :

standard redox potential at pH 7

ΔE′0 :

difference of standard redox potentials at pH 7

ΔG:

free energy of a chemical reaction

ΔG′0 :

standard free energy at pH 7

ΔGPhos :

phosphorylation potential at pH 7

\(\Delta \tilde \mu _H\) :

electrochemical proton potential across a membrane

ATP/e:

ATP gain per electron in ETP

H+/ATP:

amount of protons translocated across the membrane per ATP synthesized

H+/e:

amount of protons translocated across the membrane per electron transported

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    A. Kröger, V. Geisler, E. Lemma, F. Theis & R. Lenger

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. R. W. Kaplan on the occasion of his 80th birthday

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Kröger, A., Geisler, V., Lemma, E. et al. Bacterial fumarate respiration. Arch. Microbiol. 158, 311–314 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00245358

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