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N₂O reduction at low pH
Lars R Bakken1, Åsa Frostegård1
1Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
Abstract:
Microbial N₂O reduction in acid soils became a conundrum when NosZ maturation was found to be impaired at pH ≤6 in both model organisms and soil communities. Yet, evolution appears to have repeatedly circumvented this constraint. Examples include the identification of two small proteins that enable maturation of canonical NosZ at low pH, as well as the Schinkia sp. isolated by G. He, M. E. Davin, S. Kolodney, E. Stutzman, et al. (Appl Environ Microbiol 92:e00069-26, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00069-26), which carries a unique repertoire of nosZ genes and grows by N2O respiration across pH 4.4-8.5. These discoveries help resolve the conundrum and may provide new options for mitigating N2O emissions.
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