COordination Mechanisms in the Marine Unicellular Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium UCYN-A and its Algal Symbiotic partner (COMMUNAS)

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The COMMUNAS project is designed to address fundamental questions in the evolution of the UCYN-A/B. bigelowii nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, offering a new view of the collaborative metabolism between obligate symbiotic partners and potential external players (holobiont).