Intracellular nitrate of marine diatoms as a driver of anaerobic nitrogen cycling in sinking aggregates

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Kamp, Anja ^a   Stief, Peter ^b   Bristow, Laura A ^b,c   Thamdrup, Bo ^b   Glud, Ronnie N ^a,b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; DNRA; Low oxygen environments; Marine snow; Nitrate respiration; Nitrogen loss; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DENITRIFICATION; DIATOM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION KINETICS; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 85006725488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01669     Document Type: Article

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