Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves

YG Zhu, J Peng, C Chen, C **ong, S Li, A Ge… - Trends in Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
The importance of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in securing food production for the
growing world population with minimal environmental cost has been increasingly …

Aerobic methane production by phytoplankton as an important methane source of aquatic ecosystems: Reconsidering the global methane budget

Y Mao, T Lin, H Li, R He, K Ye, W Yu, Q He - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological methane, a major source of global methane budget, is traditionally thought to be
produced in anaerobic environments. However, the recent reports about methane …

Phosphorus deficiency alleviates iron limitation in Synechocystis cyanobacteria through direct PhoB-mediated gene regulation

GW Qiu, WC Zheng, HM Yang, YY Wang, X Qi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Iron and phosphorus are essential nutrients that exist at low concentrations in surface waters
and may be co-limiting resources for phytoplankton growth. Here, we show that phosphorus …

Responses of globally important phytoplankton species to olivine dissolution products and implications for carbon dioxide removal via ocean alkalinity enhancement

DA Hutchins, FX Fu, SC Yang, SG John… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are leading to global temperature increases,
ocean acidification, and significant ecosystem impacts. Given current emissions trajectories …

Molecular mechanisms underlying sodium percarbonate treatment suppress the recovery and growth of Pseudanabaena sp. in early spring

H Xu, A Yang, X Ma, W Wang, Y Pang, H Pei - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing frequency and intensity of cyanobacterial blooms in water sources is a growing
global issue. Algicides are usually implemented in summer or autumn when blooms break …

Crocosphaera watsonii – A widespread nitrogen‐fixing unicellular marine cyanobacterium

T Masuda, J Mareš, T Shiozaki, K Inomura… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Crocosphaera watsonii is a unicellular N2‐fixing (diazotrophic) cyanobacterium observed in
tropical and subtropical oligotrophic oceans. As a diazotroph, it can be a source of …

Simulated upwelling and marine heatwave events promote similar growth rates but differential domoic acid toxicity in Pseudo-nitzschia australis

KJ Kelly, A Mansour, C Liang, AM Kim, LA Mancini… - Harmful algae, 2023 - Elsevier
Along the west coast of the United States, highly toxic Pseudo-nitzschia blooms have been
associated with two contrasting regional phenomena: seasonal upwelling and marine …

Ubiquitous filter feeders shape open ocean microbial community structure and function

AW Thompson, G Nyerges, KM Lamberson… - PNAS …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The mechanism of mortality plays a large role in how microorganisms in the open ocean
contribute to global energy and nutrient cycling. Salps are ubiquitous pelagic tunicates that …

Estuarine mangrove niches select cultivable heterotrophic diazotrophs with diverse metabolic potentials—a prospective cross-dialog for functional diazotrophy

S Mondal, B Biswas, R Chowdhury… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), an unparalleled metabolic novelty among
living microorganisms on earth, globally contributes~ 88-101 Tg N year− 1 to natural …

Taxonomic and functional metagenomic assessment of a Dolichospermum bloom in a large and deep lake south of the Alps

N Salmaso, L Cerasino, M Pindo… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Untargeted genetic approaches can be used to explore the high metabolic versatility of
cyanobacteria. In this context, a comprehensive metagenomic shotgun analysis was …