Bacterial dual phototrophy was demystified
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Affiliations
- [1] University of Copenhagen [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]
Abstract
Despite solid, growing genomic evidence for bacteria practicing bacteriochlorophyll and rhodopsin-based dual phototrophy, direct physiological proof has been lacking for over a decade until Kopejtka et al. recently solved the puzzle in an Alpine psychrophilic bacterium. Here, I highlight conceptual developments and address an overlooked, ecologically important phototrophic byproduct - heat.
Keywords
al,
bacteria,
bacteriochlorophyll,
bacterium,
conceptual development,
decades,
development,
et al,
evidence,
genomic evidence,
overlooked,
phototrophy,
physiological proof,
proof,
psychrophilic bacterium,
puzzle
