Hydrogen-based metabolism as an ancestral trait in lineages sibling to the Cyanobacteria

Most cyanobacteria are oxygenic photoautotrophs, and fermenters under dark anoxic conditions. Here, the authors analyse genomic sequences of related uncultivated bacteria, inferring their metabolic potential, and supporting that their common ancestor was an anaerobe capable of fermentation and H2 me...

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Main Authors: Paula B. Matheus Carnevali, Frederik Schulz, Cindy J. Castelle, Rose S. Kantor, Patrick M. Shih, Itai Sharon, Joanne M. Santini, Matthew R. Olm, Yuki Amano, Brian C. Thomas, Karthik Anantharaman, David Burstein, Eric D. Becraft, Ramunas Stepanauskas, Tanja Woyke, Jillian F. Banfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08246-y