Potential Rhodopsin and Bacteriochlorophyll-Based Dual Phototrophy in a High Arctic Glacier
Y. Zeng, X. Chen, A. M. Madsen, A. Zervas, T. K. Nielsen, A.-S. Andrei, L. C. Lund-Hansen, Y. Liu, L. H. Hansen
The paper identifies four glacier bacteria capable of dual phototrophy using bacteriochlorophyll and rhodopsin, showing genomic evidence of horizontal gene transfer for these systems.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2020Microbiology