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Sep 2026
Branched-chain amino acid assimilation enables mixotrophy of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal sponge symbionts
Marine sponges and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) represent one of the earliest animal-microbe symbioses. AOA are considered metabolically constrained chemolithoautotrophs that remove nitrogenous waste within the sponge holobiont. Here, we expand this view by demonstrating that symbiotic AOA assimilate branched-chain...
Bettina Glasl, Katharina Kitzinger, H. Luter et al.
· Science Advances · 1 citation