Global distribution patterns of marine nitrogen-fixers by imaging and molecular methods

oleh: Juan José Pierella Karlusich, Eric Pelletier, Fabien Lombard, Madeline Carsique, Etienne Dvorak, Sébastien Colin, Marc Picheral, Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo, Silvia G. Acinas, Rainer Pepperkok, Eric Karsenti, Colomban de Vargas, Patrick Wincker, Chris Bowler, Rachel A. Foster

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

Nitrogen fixation by diazotrophs is critical for marine primary production. Using Tara Oceans datasets, this study combines a quantitative image analysis pipeline with metagenomic mining to provide an improved global overview of diazotroph abundance, diversity and distribution.