Facultative; Magnetotactic; Mixotrophic; Mollusc; Sulfur-oxidizing; Thyasiridae

Metagenomic analysis suggests broad metabolic potential in extracellular symbionts of the bivalve Thyasira cf. gouldi

BACKGROUND: Next-generation sequencing has opened new avenues for studying metabolic capabilities of bacteria that cannot be cultured. Here, we provide a metagenomic description of chemoautotrophic gammaproteobacterial symbionts associated with …