Intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in methanotrophic gammaproteobacteria was acquired by horizontal gene transfer from cyanobacteria
Karim Benzerara, Maxime Millet, Fériel Skouri‐Panet, Geoffroy Gaschignard, Neha Mehta, Malo Bézard, Géraldine Caumes, Daniel M. Chevrier, Manuela Dezi, Arnaud Duverger, Jean‐Michel Guigner, Ana Gutiérrez‐Preciado, Christopher T. Lefèvre, Purificación López‐García, Nicolas Menguy, , David Moreira
The paper identifies intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in Methylococcaceae, suggesting horizontal gene transfer from cyanobacteria.
Environmental Microbiology · Apr 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology