I'll check that out. We found lots of Nitrospira and others capable of using nitrite/HCO3 (chemolithotrophs) and Fe/Mn sulphur bacteria.
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I'll check that out. We found lots of Nitrospira and others capable of using nitrite/HCO3 (chemolithotrophs) and Fe/Mn sulphur bacteria.
Nitrospira seems to use a reverse TCA cycle for CO2 fixation:
Lücker, S., Wagner, M., Maixner, F., Pelletier, E., Koch, H., Vacherie, B., Rattei, T., Damsté, J.S., Spieck, E., Le Paslier, D., Daims, H. A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107: 13479-13484 (2010)
Another good one! This was the info we needed at the same time we were finding and hypothesizing. My expertise was in technical methodology and experimental approaches to get the data and compile sequences. Colleagues were better than me at interpretation of the physiological systems. Some of my microbiology collaborators include Penelope Boston, Hazel Barton, Diana Northup. Recently I discovered that many phylogenetic trees from artificial substrates were not published in a recent book, so they are fair game for a new post!
I've read that one several times now. I last worked on that in 2007-2008, and I had no idea so much was known! From 2008-2011 I was looking at Bacteroides 16S sequences. I'm working on some of our Mammoth Cave bacterial data.
The pace of discovery in biological sciences is staggering ... it's getting hard to keep up with the literature.