آرکیا به عنوان "فلکسیتاریار": میکروب های اکسید کننده آمونیاک نیز از اسیدهای آمینه تغذیه می کنند

Archaea as 'flexitarians': Ammonia-oxidizing microbes also feed on amino acids

Symbiotic ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges are not strict specialists but true "flexitarians." A team led by microbiologists Bettina Glasl and Katharina Kitzinger from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with partners from Australia, has shown that, unlike their free-living relatives studied thus far, these microbes dine not only on ammonia but also on amino acids such as valine, leucine and…