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Deep-sea bacteria copy their neighbors’ diet

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A new group of symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea mussels surprises with the way they fix carbon: They use the Calvin cycle to turn carbon into tasty food. The bacteria acquired the genes for this process from neighboring symbiotic bacteria in the mussel. These results call into question our current understanding of carbon fixation pathways in the deep sea.

Source: ScienceDaily.com