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