Communications Earth & Environment (Jul 2022)
Intracellular nitrate storage by diatoms can be an important nitrogen pool in freshwater and marine ecosystems
- Peter Stief,
- Clemens Schauberger,
- Marie B. Lund,
- Andreas Greve,
- Raeid M. M. Abed,
- Mohammad A. A. Al-Najjar,
- Karl Attard,
- Stefano Bonaglia,
- Jörg S. Deutzmann,
- Belén Franco-Cisterna,
- Emilio García-Robledo,
- Moritz Holtappels,
- Uwe John,
- Adele Maciute,
- Michael J. Magee,
- Rie Pors,
- Tina Santl-Temkiv,
- Anja Scherwass,
- Duygu S. Sevilgen,
- Dirk de Beer,
- Ronnie N. Glud,
- Andreas Schramm,
- Anja Kamp
Affiliations
- Peter Stief
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Clemens Schauberger
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Marie B. Lund
- Department of Biology, CEM & Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University
- Andreas Greve
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Raeid M. M. Abed
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Mohammad A. A. Al-Najjar
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Karl Attard
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Stefano Bonaglia
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Jörg S. Deutzmann
- Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- Belén Franco-Cisterna
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Emilio García-Robledo
- Department of Biology, University of Cadiz
- Moritz Holtappels
- Alfred-Wegener-Institute
- Uwe John
- Alfred-Wegener-Institute
- Adele Maciute
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- Michael J. Magee
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Rie Pors
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Tina Santl-Temkiv
- Department of Biology, CEM & Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University
- Anja Scherwass
- Institute for Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne
- Duygu S. Sevilgen
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Dirk de Beer
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Ronnie N. Glud
- Department of Biology, HADAL & Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark
- Andreas Schramm
- Department of Biology, CEM & Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University
- Anja Kamp
- Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00485-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The accumulation and storage of nitrate by diatoms can contribute up to 1% of total pelagic nitrate and as much as 95% of total benthic nitrate, which indicates a potentially important contribution of diatoms to benthic nitrogen cycling, according to a global analysis
