Potential for primary productivity in a globally-distributed bacterial phototroph
Published in ISMEJ, 2018
Recommended citation: Graham ED, Heidelberg JF, Tully BJ. (2018) Potential for primary productivity in a globally-distributed bacterial phototroph. ISME J 350, 1–6 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0091-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0091-3
Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (AAnPs) are common in marine environments and are associated with photoheterotrophic activity. To date, AAnPs that possess the potential for carbon fixation have not been identified in the surface ocean. Using the Tara Oceans metagenomic dataset, we have identified draft genomes of nine bacteria that possess the genomic potential for anoxygenic phototrophy, carbon fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, and the oxidation of sulfite and thiosulfate.
Recommended citation: Graham ED, Heidelberg JF, Tully BJ. (2018) Potential for primary productivity in a globally-distributed bacterial phototroph. ISME J 350, 1–6 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0091-3