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Who Formed All That Iron?: A Novel Antarctic Chemolithotroph Drives Iron Biomineralization
Jaekyung Yoon, Boyoung Lee, Kyu-Cheul Yoo…·Jihyun F. Kim
The paper identifies a novel Antarctic chemolithotroph, Candidatus Mariimomonas ferrooxydans, capable of iron oxidation under anoxic conditions, providing genomic and functional evidence for its role in iron biomineralization.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.26.714105