Linking bacterial tetrabromopyrrole biosynthesis to coral metamorphosis
A. Alker, M. Farrell, A. Demko, T. Purdy, S. Adak, B. Moore, J. Sneed, V. Paul, N. J. Shikuma
This study shows that the TBP biosynthesis gene bmp2 in Pseudoalteromonas sp. PS5 is critical for stimulating coral metamorphosis and identifies conditions for TBP production.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2023Microbiology