Scarcity of fixed carbon transfer in a model microbial phototroph-heterotroph interaction
S. Dupuis, U. F. Lingappa, X. Mayali, E. S. Sindermann, J. L. Chastain, P. K. Weber, R. Stuart, S. S. Merchant
This study quantifies carbon transfer in a microbial alga-bacterium interaction, finding limited carbon flow and bacterial vitamin B12 synthesis despite algal lysis.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2024Microbiology