MicrobiologyThe ISME JournalPeer-reviewed
Symbiosis reshapes the metabolism of sulfate-reducing bacteria in gutless marine worms
Grace D’Angelo, Manuel Kleiner, Anna Mankowski…·Manuel Liebeke
This study identifies metabolic adaptations in sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) that enable their persistence in symbiosis with gutless marine worms, revealing a conserved core metabolism distinct from free-living relatives.