N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont

M Zilius, S Bonaglia, E Broman, VG Chiozzini… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mangrove forests are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on the planet,
despite limited nitrogen (N) availability. Under such conditions, animal-microbe associations …

Archaeal communities of South China mangroves and their potential roles in the nitrogen cycle

S Meng, T Peng, X Liu, A Pratush, H Wang… - Geomicrobiology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mangroves are unique ecosystems that harbor a wide variety of microbial communities
including Archaea. Although Archaea have widely been reported to play important roles in …

Gill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation

M Fusi, DK Ngugi, R Marasco, JM Booth, M Cardinale… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background The transition from water to air is a key event in the evolution of many marine
organisms to access new food sources, escape water hypoxia, and exploit the higher and …

Bacterial N2-fixation in mangrove ecosystems: insights from a diazotroph–mangrove interaction

G Alfaro-Espinoza, MS Ullrich - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mangrove forests are highly productive ecosystems but represent low nutrient environments.
Nitrogen availability is one of the main factors limiting mangrove growth. Diazotrophs have …

Mangrove crab intestine and habitat sediment microbiomes cooperatively work on carbon and nitrogen cycling

P Tongununui, Y Kuriya, M Murata, H Sawada, M Araki… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mangrove ecosystems, where litter and organic components are degraded and converted
into detrital materials, support rich coastal fisheries resources. Sesarmid (Grapsidae) crabs …

Depth-dependent variability of biological nitrogen fixation and diazotrophic communities in mangrove sediments

Z Luo, Q Zhong, X Han, R Hu, X Liu, W Xu, Y Wu… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Nitrogen-fixing prokaryotes (diazotrophs) contribute substantially to nitrogen
input in mangrove sediments, and their structure and nitrogen fixation rate (NFR) are …

Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora

KA Lema, PL Clode, MR Kilburn, R Thornton… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Diazotrophic bacteria are instrumental in generating biologically usable forms of nitrogen by
converting abundant dinitrogen gas (N2) into available forms, such as ammonium. Although …

Contrasting microbiome dynamics of putative denitrifying bacteria in two octocoral species exposed to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and warming

N Xiang, C Hassenrück, C Pogoreutz… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mutualistic nutrient cycling in the coral-algae symbiosis depends on limited nitrogen (N)
availability for algal symbionts. Denitrifying prokaryotes capable of reducing nitrate or nitrite …

Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions

JM Booth, M Fusi, R Marasco, T Mbobo… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ecosystem functions are regulated by compositional and functional traits of bacterial
communities, shaped by stochastic and deterministic processes. Biogeographical studies …

Zebra mussel holobionts fix and recycle nitrogen in lagoon sediments

U Marzocchi, S Bonaglia, A Zaiko, GM Quero… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bivalves are ubiquitous filter-feeders able to alter ecosystems functions. Their impact on
nitrogen (N) cycling is commonly related to their filter-feeding activity, biodeposition, and …