YIP+: Cryptic microbial oxygen cycling: Drivers, evolution and environmental significance

A newly discovered oxygen-producing pathway that does not need light is widely distributed among microbial key players of our oceans. These oxygen-producing microbes can potentially support other microbes that equally depend on oxygen but lack the capability to produce it. The project will investigate what drives oxygen cycling by these microbial key players, their evolution, and their ecological significance. The grant will support a Ph.D. student and a postdoc.