Synthetic pathway for biological carbon dioxide sequestration

This invention relates to methods for increasing carbon fixation and/or increasing biomass production in a plant， comprising: introducing into a plant， plant part， and/or plant cell heterologous polynucleotides encoding (1) a succinyl CoA synthetase， (2) a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase， (3) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase， (4) an oxalosuccinate reductase， or (5) an isocitrate lyase， or (6) a succinyl CoA synthetase and a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase， (7) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase and an oxalosuccinate reductase polypeptide， and/or (8) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase polypeptide， an oxalosuccinate reductase polypeptide and an isocitrate lyase polypeptide to produce a stably transformed plant， plant part， and/or plant cell， wherein said heterologous polynucleotides are from a bacterial and/or an archaeal species. Additionally， transformed plants， plant parts， and/or plant cells are provided as well as products produced from the transformed plants， plant parts， and/or plant cells.