Heme auxotrophy in abundant aquatic microbial lineages
S. Kim, I. Kang, J.-W. Lee, C.-O. Jeon, S. J. Giovannoni, J.-C. Cho
The paper identifies heme auxotrophy in the acI bacterial lineage and shows it is widespread in uncultivated microbial groups, suggesting heme could enhance microbial culture diversity.
bioRxiv · Jan 11, 2021Microbiology