Carbon recycling efficiency and phosphate turnover by marine nitrifying archaea

2020/05/08 by Travis B. Meador, Niels J. Schoffelen, Timothy G. Ferdelman +3 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

paper · pdf · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba1799

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Abstract

and thereby recycle roughly 5% of mineralized C and P into marine biomass. Release of roughly 50 Tg DOC and 0.2 Tg DOP by thaumarchaea each year represents a small but fresh input of reduced substrates throughout the ocean.

Citations

• The significance of nitrification for oceanic new production
• Archaeal nitrification in the ocean
• Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea
• Archaeal dominance in the mesopelagic zone of the Pacific Ocean
• Particulate organic matter flux and planktonic new production in the deep ocean
• Isolation of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing marine archaeon

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• Nitrosopumilus [wikipedia]