Upper ocean biogeochemistry of the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: from nutrient sources to carbon export

M Dai, YW Luo, EP Achterberg… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Subtropical gyres cover 26%–29% of the world's surface ocean and are
conventionally regarded as ocean deserts due to their permanent stratification, depleted …

Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs: global diversity, distribution, ecophysiology, and activity in marine waters

KA Turk-Kubo, MR Gradoville, S Cheung… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biological dinitrogen (N2) fixation supplies nitrogen to the oceans, supporting primary
productivity, and is carried out by some bacteria and archaea referred to as diazotrophs …

[HTML][HTML] Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N fixation

Z Shao, Y Xu, H Wang, W Luo, L Wang… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Marine diazotrophs convert dinitrogen (N 2) gas into bioavailable nitrogen (N), supporting
life in the global ocean. In 2012, the first version of the global oceanic diazotroph database …

Nutrient regulation of biological nitrogen fixation across the tropical western North Pacific

Z Wen, TJ Browning, Y Cai, R Dai, R Zhang, C Du… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Nitrogen fixation is critical for the biological productivity of the ocean, but clear mechanistic
controls on this process remain elusive. Here, we investigate the abundance, activity, and …

Siderophore production and utilization by marine bacteria in the North Pacific Ocean

J Park, BP Durham, RS Key… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Siderophores are strong iron‐binding molecules produced and utilized by microbes to
acquire the limiting nutrient iron (Fe) from their surroundings. Despite their importance as a …

Petrobactin, a siderophore produced by Alteromonas, mediates community iron acquisition in the global ocean

LE Manck, J Park, BJ Tully, AM Poire… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
It is now widely accepted that siderophores play a role in marine iron biogeochemical
cycling. However, the mechanisms by which siderophores affect the availability of iron from …

Glycine betaine uptake and metabolism in marine microbial communities

AK Boysen, BP Durham, W Kumler… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glycine betaine (GBT) is a compatible solute in high concentrations in marine
microorganisms. As a component of labile organic matter, GBT has complex biochemical …

Cell-specific measurements show nitrogen fixation by particle-attached putative non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

KJ Harding, KA Turk-Kubo, EWK Mak, PK Weber… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biological nitrogen fixation is a major important source of nitrogen for low-nutrient surface
oceanic waters. Nitrogen-fixing (diazotrophic) cyanobacteria are believed to be the primary …

The dynamic trophic architecture of open-ocean protist communities revealed through machine-guided metatranscriptomics

BS Lambert, RD Groussman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Intricate networks of single-celled eukaryotes (protists) dominate carbon flow in the ocean.
Their growth, demise, and interactions with other microorganisms drive the fluxes of …

Microevolutionary patterns in ecotypes of the symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A revealed from a Northwest Atlantic coastal time series

BM Robicheau, J Tolman, D Desai, J LaRoche - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
UCYN-A is a globally important nitrogen-fixing symbiotic microbe often found in colder
regions and coastal areas where nitrogen fixation has been overlooked. We present a 3 …