Lithosyntrophy: Obligate syntrophy in a phosphite-oxidizing, methanogenic culture
Heidi S. Aronson, Matt E. Weaver, Ruiwen Hu, V. Celeste Lanclos, Jacob D. Rapp, Anthony T. Iavarone, Hans K. Carlson, John D. Coates
This paper describes a novel syntrophic interaction called lithosyntrophy, where phosphite oxidation drives hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in an obligate partnership between a bacterium and a methanogen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology