Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation

JA Sohm, EA Webb, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Biological N2 fixation is an important part of the marine nitrogen cycle as it provides a source
of new nitrogen that can support biological carbon export and sequestration. Research in …

Nitrogen fixation by marine cyanobacteria

JP Zehr - Trends in microbiology, 2011 - cell.com
Discrepancies between estimates of oceanic N 2 fixation and nitrogen (N) losses through
denitrification have focused research on identifying N 2-fixing cyanobacteria and quantifying …

Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

YW Luo, SC Doney, LA Anderson… - Earth System …, 2012 - essd.copernicus.org
Marine N 2 fixing microorganisms, termed diazotrophs, are a key functional group in marine
pelagic ecosystems. The biological fixation of dinitrogen (N 2) to bioavailable nitrogen …

Processes and microorganisms involved in the marine nitrogen cycle: knowledge and gaps

S Pajares, R Ramos - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen (N) is a key element for life in the oceans. It controls primary productivity in many
parts of the global ocean, consequently playing a crucial role in the uptake of atmospheric …

Nitrogen cycle of the open ocean: from genes to ecosystems

JP Zehr, RM Kudela - Annual review of marine science, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The marine nitrogen (N) cycle controls the productivity of the oceans. This cycle is driven by
complex biogeochemical transformations, including nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and …

Doubling of marine dinitrogen-fixation rates based on direct measurements

T Großkopf, W Mohr, T Baustian, H Schunck, D Gill… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Biological dinitrogen fixation provides the largest input of nitrogen to the oceans, therefore
exerting important control on the ocean's nitrogen inventory and primary productivity …

Detecting metabolic activities in single cells, with emphasis on nanoSIMS

N Musat, R Foster, T Vagner, B Adam… - FEMS microbiology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Investigating the contribution of microbial populations to biochemical processes of global
significance is challenging as there are few approaches that can detect microbial metabolic …

Genetic diversity of the unicellular nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacteria UCYN‐A and its prymnesiophyte host

A Thompson, BJ Carter, K Turk‐Kubo… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiotic interactions between nitrogen‐fixing prokaryotes and photosynthetic eukaryotes
are an integral part of biological nitrogen fixation at a global scale. One of these partnerships …

Unsolved mysteries in marine nitrogen fixation

JP Zehr, DG Capone - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Biological nitrogen (N 2) fixation is critical in global biogeochemical cycles and in sustaining
the productivity of the oceans. There remain many unanswered questions, unresolved …

Coordinated regulation of growth, activity and transcription in natural populations of the unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera

ST Wilson, FO Aylward, F Ribalet, B Barone… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The temporal dynamics of phytoplankton growth and activity have large impacts on fluxes of
matter and energy, yet obtaining in situ metabolic measurements of sufficient resolution for …