Ancestral absence of electron transport chains in Patescibacteria and DPANN
J. P. Beam, E. D. Becraft, J. M. Brown, F. P. Schulz, J. K. Jarett, O. Bezuidt, N. J. Poulton, K. Clark, P. F. Dunfield, N. V. Ravin, J. R. Spear, B. P. Hedlund, K. A. Kormas, S. M. Sievert, M. S. Elshahed, , R. Stepanauskas
The paper investigates Patescibacteria and DPANN, finding they lack electron transport chains and rely on fermentation, suggesting ancestral adaptations to symbiotic lifestyles.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology