Fraction of global primary biomass production that is attributable to prokaryotic carbon fixation
| Range | >33.333 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Biosphere |
| Reference | Young JD, Shastri AA, Stephanopoulos G, Morgan JA. Mapping photoautotrophic metabolism with isotopically nonstationary (13)C flux analysis. Metab Eng. 2011 Nov13(6):656-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.08.002. p.656 right columnPubMed ID21907300 |
| Comments | "To date, six different pathways of carbon fixation have been identified in nature (Berg etal.,2010), of which the Calvin–Benson–Bassham (CBB) cycle accounts for more than 99% of global primary biomass production (Overmann andGarcia-Pichel,2006). Over one-third of this production is attributable to prokaryotic carbon fixation, mainly by marine cyanobacteria." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 110996 |