Targeted metagenomics reveals pangenomic diversity of the nitroplast (UCYN-A) and its algal host plastid.

• Main Authors: Kantor, Ella Joy H, Robicheau, Brent M, Tolman, Jennifer, Archibald, John M, LaRoche, Julie
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: PubMed Central 2024
• Subjects: Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.19.599377; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38948819; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11212958/

UCYN-A (Cand. Atelocyanobacterium thalassa) has recently been recognized as a globally-distributed, early stage, nitrogen-fixing organelle (the 'nitroplast') of cyanobacterial origin present in select species of haptophyte algae (e.g., Braarudosphaera bigelowii). Although the nitroplast wa...