Accumulation of ambient phosphate into the periplasm of marine bacteria is proton motive force dependent

The ubiquitous oceanic bacteria harbour an external phosphate buffer for modulating phosphate (Pi) uptake. Here, using both oceanic SAR11, Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus strains as a model, the authors show that the Pi buffer accumulation in the periplasm is proton motive force-dependent and can...

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Main Authors: Nina A. Kamennaya, Kalotina Geraki, David J. Scanlan, Mikhail V. Zubkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16428-w