Sulfur-oxidizing symbionts without canonical genes for autotrophic CO2 fixation
B. Seah, C. P. Antony, B. Huettel, J. Zarzycki, L. Schada von Borzyskowski, T. Erb, A. Kouris, M. Kleiner, M. Liebeke, N. Dubilier, H. Gruber-Vodicka
This study identifies Kentron, sulfur-oxidizing symbionts lacking canonical autotrophic CO2 fixation genes, instead relying on organic carbon for heterotrophic growth.
bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2019Microbiology