Publication Date:
2016-08-11
Description:
SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss Nature 536, 7615 (2016). doi:10.1038/nature19068 Authors: Despina Tsementzi, Jieying Wu, Samuel Deutsch, Sangeeta Nath, Luis M. Rodriguez-R, Andrew S. Burns, Piyush Ranjan, Neha Sarode, Rex R. Malmstrom, Cory C. Padilla, Benjamin K. Stone, Laura A. Bristow, Morten Larsen, Jennifer B. Glass, Bo Thamdrup, Tanja Woyke, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis & Frank J. Stewart Bacteria of the SAR11 clade constitute up to one half of all microbial cells in the oxygen-rich surface ocean. SAR11 bacteria are also abundant in oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), where oxygen falls below detection and anaerobic microbes have vital roles in converting bioavailable nitrogen to
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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