Na+-coupled alternative to H+-coupled pr
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Peter Dimroth
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Protons are the most common coupling ions in bacterial energy conversions. However, while many organisms, such as the alkaliphilic Bacilli, employ H^+^βbioenergetics for electron transport phosphorylation, they use Na^+^ as the coupling ion for transport and flagellar movement. The Na^+