Horizontal acquisition of a patchwork Calvin cycle by symbiotic and free-living Campylobacterota (formerly Epsilonproteobacteria)
A. Assie, N. Leisch, D. V. Meier, H. Gruber Vodicka, H. E. Tegetmeyer, A. Meyerdirks, M. Kleiner, T. Hinzke, S. Joye, M. Saxton, N. Dubilier, J. M. Petersen
The paper identifies a horizontally acquired Calvin cycle in Campylobacterota symbionts and free-living members, challenging assumptions about carbon fixation pathway distribution.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2018Microbiology