SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss.
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SUBMITTER: Tsementzi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990128 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
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SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss.
Tsementzi Despina D Wu Jieying J Deutsch Samuel S Nath Sangeeta S Rodriguez-R Luis M LM Burns Andrew S AS Ranjan Piyush P Sarode Neha N Malmstrom Rex R RR Padilla Cory C CC Stone Benjamin K BK Bristow Laura A LA Larsen Morten M Glass Jennifer B JB Thamdrup Bo B Woyke Tanja T Konstantinidis Konstantinos T KT Stewart Frank J FJ
Nature 20160803 7615
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 N2 gas. Anaerobic metabolism has not yet been observed in SAR11, and it remains unknown how these bacteria contribute to OMZ biogeochemical cycling. Here, genomic analysis of single cells from the world's large ...[more]
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