Microbiology (medical)


Publications
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Nitrogen fixation in a chemoautotrophic lucinid symbiosis

Citation
König et al. (2016). Nature Microbiology 2 (1)
Names
Ca. Thiodiazotropha fergusoni “Thiodiazotropha endolucinida”
Abstract
AbstractThe shallow water bivalve Codakia orbicularis lives in symbiotic association with a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium in its gills. The endosymbiont fixes CO2 and thus generates organic carbon compounds, which support the host's growth. To investigate the uncultured symbiont's metabolism and symbiont–host interactions in detail we conducted a proteogenomic analysis of purified bacteria. Unexpectedly, our results reveal a hitherto completely unrecognized feature of the C. orbicularis symbiont's