A new gene family diagnostic for intracellular biomineralization of amorphous Ca-carbonates by cyanobacteria
K. Benzerara, E. Duprat, T. Bitard-Feildel, G. Caumes, C. Cassier-Chauvat, F. Chauvat, M. Dezi, I. Diop Seydina, G. Gaschignard, S. Görgen, M. Gugger, P. Lopez-Garcia, F. Skouri-Panet, D. Moreira, I. Callebaut
The paper identifies a new gene family associated with intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in cyanobacteria and expands its known phylogenetic and environmental distribution.
bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2021Evolutionary Biology