Metabolically-versatile Ca. Thiodiazotropha symbionts of the deep-sea lucinid clam Lucinoma kazani have the genetic potential to fix nitrogen
L. Ratinskaia, S. Malavin, T. Zvi-Kedem, S. Vintila, M. Kleiner, M. Rubin-Blum
The paper identifies nitrogen fixation genes in deep-sea Ca. Thiodiazotropha symbionts of Lucinoma kazani but finds no expression of these genes, while highlighting high expression of carbon fixation and sulfur oxidation genes.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology