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

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  • Phys.org · September 4, 2026 18:00
    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…