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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Environmental Samples <bacillariophyta> (ncbitaxon:33858)
SUBMITTER: Daniel Repeta
PROVIDER: MSV000080173 | GNPS |
REPOSITORIES: GNPS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161201 50
Nearly all iron dissolved in the ocean is complexed by strong organic ligands of unknown composition. The effect of ligand composition on microbial iron acquisition is poorly understood, but amendment experiments using model ligands show they can facilitate or impede iron uptake depending on their identity. Here we show that siderophores, organic compounds synthesized by microbes to facilitate iron uptake, are a dynamic component of the marine ligand pool in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. S ...[more]