The microbial nitrogen cycle

Nitrogen is an essential element in biological systems, and one that often limits production in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. Due to its requirement in biological macromolecules, its acquisition and cycling have the potential to structure microbial communities, as well as to control producti...

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Other Authors: Jensen, Marlene M. editor (editor), Ward, Bess B editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: France : Frontiers Media SA 2015
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
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Summary:Nitrogen is an essential element in biological systems, and one that often limits production in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. Due to its requirement in biological macromolecules, its acquisition and cycling have the potential to structure microbial communities, as well as to control productivity on the ecosystem scale. In addition, its versatile redox chemistry is the basis of complex biogeochemical transformations that control the inventory of fixed nitrogen, both in local environments and over geological time. Although many of the pathways in the microbial nitrogen cycle were described more than a century ago, additional fundamental pathways have been discovered only recently. These findings imply that we still have much to learn about the microbial nitrogen cycle, the organisms responsible for it, and their interactions in natural and human environments. Progress in nitrogen cycle research has been facilitated by recent rapid technological advances, especially in genomics and isotopic approaches. In this Research Topic, we will review the leading edge of nitrogen cycle research based on these approaches, as well as by exploring microbial processes in modern ecosystems.
Item Description:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.