Bolstering fitness via opportunistic CO2 fixation: mixotroph dominance in modern groundwater
M. Taubert, W. A. Overholt, B. M. Heinze, G. Azemtsop, R. Houhou, N. Jehmlich, M. von Bergen, P. Roesch, J. Popp, K. Kuesel
The paper uses stable isotope cluster analysis to show mixotrophs, not obligate chemolithoautotrophs, dominate carbon cycling in groundwater by opportunistically using both organic and inorganic carbon sources.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology