MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Cryptic arsenic cycling controls oxygenic photosynthesis in Precambrian-analog microbial mats
Andrea Castillejos Sepúlveda, Daan R. Speth, Carolin F. Kerl…·Judith M. Klatt
The paper shows cyanobacteria in microbial mats switch from oxygenic to arsenite-driven anoxygenic photosynthesis under high light, revealing a cryptic arsenic redox cycle that may have influenced early Earth oxygenation.