Life on Phosphite: A Metagenomics Tale.

Abstract:

:Phosphite, a species of phosphorus in a P3+ oxidation state, is believed to have played an important role in the primordial Earth. Figueroa et al. used metagenomics to uncover anaerobic bacterial communities from waste water waste sludge that sustain life from energy provided by phosphite.

journal_name

Trends Microbiol

journal_title

Trends in microbiology

authors

Tapia-Torres Y,Olmedo-Álvarez G

doi

10.1016/j.tim.2018.01.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-03-01 00:00:00

pages

170-172

issue

3

eissn

0966-842X

issn

1878-4380

pii

S0966-842X(18)30014-3

journal_volume

26

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