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Branched-chain amino acid assimilation promotes mixotrophy of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal sponge symbionts
Bettina Glasl, Katharina Kitzinger, Heidi M. Luter…·Michael Wagner
This study shows sponge-associated ammonia-oxidizing archaea use branched-chain amino acids as a carbon and nitrogen source, revealing a mixotrophic lifestyle and a new nutritional interaction in sponge holobionts.
DOI 10.1101/2025.09.09.672702