Anaerobic sulfur oxidation underlies adaptation of a chemosynthetic symbiont to oxic-anoxic interfaces
G. F. Paredes, T. Viehboeck, R. Lee, M. Palatinszky, M. Mausz, S. Reipert, A. Schintlmeister, A. Maier, J.-M. Volland, C. Hirschfeld, M. Wagner, D. Berry, S. Markert, S. Bulgheresi, L. Koenig
This study investigates how oxygen affects the physiology and metabolism of Candidatus Thiosymbion oneisti, an ectosymbiont of marine nematodes, revealing that sulfur oxidation genes are upregulated under anoxia.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2020Microbiology