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 …

Marine non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs: moving beyond molecular detection

D Bombar, RW Paerl, L Riemann - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
The nitrogen input through biological N 2 fixation is essential for life in vast areas of the
global ocean. The belief is that cyanobacteria are the only relevant N 2-fixing (diazotrophic) …

Nitrogenase gene amplicons from global marine surface waters are dominated by genes of non-cyanobacteria

H Farnelid, AF Andersson, S Bertilsson, WA Al-Soud… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Cyanobacteria are thought to be the main N2-fixing organisms (diazotrophs) in marine
pelagic waters, but recent molecular analyses indicate that non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs …

Aerobic and anaerobic nitrogen transformation processes in N2-fixing cyanobacterial aggregates

I Klawonn, S Bonaglia, V Brüchert, H Ploug - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Colonies of N2-fixing cyanobacteria are key players in supplying new nitrogen to the ocean,
but the biological fate of this fixed nitrogen remains poorly constrained. Here, we report on …

Nitrogenase genes in non-cyanobacterial plankton: prevalence, diversity and regulation in marine waters

L Riemann, H Farnelid, GF Steward - Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2010 - int-res.com
Marine waters are generally considered to be nitrogen (N) limited and are therefore
favourable environments for diazotrophs, ie organisms converting atmospheric N 2 into …

Significant N2 fixation by heterotrophs, photoheterotrophs and heterocystous cyanobacteria in two temperate estuaries

M Bentzon-Tilia, SJ Traving, M Mantikci… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen (N) fixation is fueling planktonic production in a multitude of aquatic environments.
In meso-and poly-haline estuaries, however, the contribution of N by pelagic N2 fixation is …

Active nitrogen-fixing heterotrophic bacteria at and below the chemocline of the central Baltic Sea

H Farnelid, M Bentzon-Tilia, AF Andersson… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Baltic Sea receives large nitrogen inputs by diazotrophic (N2-fixing)
heterocystous cyanobacteria but the significance of heterotrophic N2 fixation has not been …

Untangling hidden nutrient dynamics: rapid ammonium cycling and single-cell ammonium assimilation in marine plankton communities

I Klawonn, S Bonaglia, MJ Whitehouse… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ammonium is a central nutrient in aquatic systems. Yet, cell-specific ammonium assimilation
among diverse functional plankton is poorly documented in field communities. Combining …

Nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase (nifH) expression in tropical waters of the eastern North Atlantic

KA Turk, AP Rees, JP Zehr, N Pereira, P Swift… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Expression of nifH in 28 surface water samples collected during fall 2007 from six stations in
the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands (north-east Atlantic) was examined using reverse …

Diversity and activity of alternative nitrogenases in sequenced genomes and coastal environments

DL McRose, X Zhang, AML Kraepiel… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The nitrogenase enzyme, which catalyzes the reduction of N2 gas to NH4+, occurs as three
separate isozyme that use Mo, Fe-only, or V. The majority of global nitrogen fixation is …