Some organisms use glucose as a source of energy for metabolism. Glucose is degraded in a similar manner in most organisms with the same enzymes. However, glucose metabolism in some archaea has been discovered to have totally different characteristics and usage of enzymes (Corne, et al. 2003). Interestingly, a new model of ATP regeneration has also been discovered (Sakuraba, et al. 2004) in these archaea. This paper will discuss ideas that lead to this discovery and will present an in-depth discussion of these discoveries (Corne, et al. 2003; Sakuraba, et al. 2004) .

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