Aquatic ecosystems are globally significant sources of the greenhouse gas methane to the
atmosphere. Until recently, methane production was thought to be a strictly anaerobic …

Oceans cover 71% of Earth's surface and are home to hundreds of thousands of species,
many of which are microbial. Knowledge about marine microbes has strongly increased in …

Aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic (AAP) bacteria represent a functional group of
prokaryotic organisms that harvests light energy using bacteriochlorophyll‐containing …

Background Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are heterotrophic bacteria that
supply their metabolism with light energy harvested by bacteriochlorophyll-a-containing …

Lakes are a significant component of the global carbon cycle. Respiration exceeds net
primary production in most freshwater lakes, making them a source of CO2 to the …

Gemmatimonas phototrophica is, so far, the only described phototrophic species of the
bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes. Its cells contain a unique type of photosynthetic …

Members of the bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadota are ubiquitous in most natural
environments and represent one of the top 10 most abundant bacterial phyla in soil …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria harvest light energy using
bacteriochlorophyll-containing reaction centers to supplement their mostly heterotrophic …

Phytoplankton is a key component of aquatic microbial communities, and metabolic coupling
between phytoplankton and bacteria determines the fate of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAPB) contribute profoundly to the global carbon
cycle. However, most AAPB in marine environments are uncultured and at low abundance …