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Fraction of inorganic carbon in the mesopelagic western North Atlantic that is fixed by Nitrospinae

Range	15 - 45 %
Organism	Bacteria Nitrospinae spp.
Reference	Pachiadaki MG et al., Major role of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in dark ocean carbon fixation. Science. 2017 Nov 24 358(6366):1046-1051. doi: 10.1126/science.aan8260 abstractPubMed ID29170234
Method	Abstract: "Microautoradiography, linked with catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in situ hybridization, indicated that Nitrospinae fix 15 to 45% of inorganic carbon in the mesopelagic western North Atlantic."
Entered by	Uri M
ID	115201