Polyphosphate metabolism genes are associated with hydroxyapatite biomineralization capacity in a novel hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanobacterium AMB_03
F. A. Robin-Champgneul, A. Singh, S. Sharma, O. Tkachenko, J. Thyr, S. Sidiropoulos, A. Schnurer, T. Zajkowski, T. Budnyak, Anna Neubeck
This study links polyphosphate metabolism genes to hydroxyapatite biomineralization in Methanobacterium AMB_03, showing that polyphosphate synthesis enables carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite precipitation under phosphate-enriched conditions.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology