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SUBMITTER: Woehle C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783311 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woehle Christian C Roy Alexandra-Sophie AS Glock Nicolaas N Wein Tanita T Weissenbach Julia J Rosenstiel Philip P Hiebenthal Claas C Michels Jan J Schönfeld Joachim J Dagan Tal T
Current biology : CB 20180802 16
Benthic foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes inhabiting sediments of aquatic environments. Several species were shown to store and use nitrate for complete denitrification, a unique energy metabolism among eukaryotes. The population of benthic foraminifera reaches high densities in oxygen-depleted marine habitats, where they play a key role in the marine nitrogen cycle. However, the mechanisms of denitrification in foraminifera are still unknown, and the possibility of a contribution of assoc ...[more]