Who Formed All That Iron?: A Novel Antarctic Chemolithotroph Drives Iron Biomineralization
Jaekyung Yoon, Boyoung Lee, Kyu-Cheul Yoo, Min-Jung Kwak, Hae Jung Song, Chung Yeon Hwang, Yusook Chung, Kitae Kim, Soon-Kyeong Kwon, Ju Yeon Song, Hwan Su Yoon, Jihyun F. Kim
The paper identifies a novel Antarctic chemolithotroph, Candidatus Mariimomonas ferrooxydans, capable of iron oxidation under anoxic conditions, providing genomic and functional evidence for its role in iron biomineralization.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology