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Leonardo Ken Okumura

Institute of Science TokyoORCID 0009-0006-2906-3621Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintApr 19, 2026

Horizontal gene transfer drives the emergence of nitrogen fixation in a unicellular Synechocystis lineage

Leonardo Ken Okumura, Mari Banba, Kazuma Uesaka…·Shinji Masuda

This study identifies a functional nitrogen fixation system in Synechocystis sp. LKSZ1 acquired via horizontal gene transfer from filamentous cyanobacteria.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.18.719408

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