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Measurement of the Potential Rates of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium Based on 14NH4+/15NH4+ Analyses via Sequential Conversion to N2O
Published on: October 7, 2020
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Perspectivas cambiantes en la fijación de nitrógeno marino
Jonathan P Zehr1, Douglas G Capone2
1Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95003, USA. zehrj@ucsc.edu capone@usc.edu.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 16, 2020
Resumen
La fijación de nitrógeno marino, que convierte el nitrógeno atmosférico (N2O) en amoníaco, es vital para la vida en el océano. Una nueva investigación revela diversos microbios y adaptaciones, transformando nuestra comprensión de este proceso crucial en el ciclo global del nitrógeno.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología marina
- Biogeoquímica
- Ecología microbiana
Sus antecedentes:
- La fijación de nitrógeno (N2 al amoníaco) es esencial para la productividad marina, pero es difícil de estudiar.
- Los avances recientes integran técnicas moleculares, genómicas, isotópicas y de modelado.
- Esto ha revelado nuevos diazotrofos y adaptaciones fisiológicas en el océano.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para revolucionar la comprensión de la fijación de nitrógeno marino.
- Explorar el papel de los diazotróficos en el ciclo global del nitrógeno.
- Investigar el impacto de los cambios antropogénicos en la fijación marina de nitrógeno.
Principales métodos:
- Estudios de campo durante décadas.
- Análisis biológicos y genómicos moleculares.
- Medidas isotópicas y modelado geoquímico.
- El análisis de patrones biogeográficos.
Principales resultados:
- Descubrimiento de microorganismos diazotróficos previamente desconocidos.
- Identificación de adaptaciones fisiológicas inusuales en los microbios marinos.
- Caracterización de las distribuciones de nutrientes e isótopos.
- Los patrones biogeográficos revelados de la fijación de N2.
Conclusiones:
- La fijación de nitrógeno marino es más compleja y diversa de lo que se pensaba anteriormente.
- Los diazotróficos juegan un papel crítico en el ciclo global del nitrógeno.
- El calentamiento de los océanos, el aumento de CO2 y la acidificación alterarán la dinámica de fijación de N2, lo que afectará a las redes alimentarias y los ciclos biogeoquímicos.
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