MicrobiologybioRxiv
Sulfur-oxidizing symbionts without canonical genes for autotrophic CO2 fixation
B. Seah, C. P. Antony, B. Huettel…·H. Gruber-Vodicka
This study identifies Kentron, sulfur-oxidizing symbionts lacking canonical autotrophic CO2 fixation genes, instead relying on organic carbon for heterotrophic growth.
DOI 10.1128/mbio.01112-19