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Nitrogen losses in anoxic marine sediments driven by Thioploca–anammox bacterial consortia

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  • M. G. Prokopenko

    (Pomona College
    University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA)

  • M. B. Hirst

    (University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA)

  • L. De Brabandere

    (Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark)

  • D. J. P. Lawrence

    (Pomona College)

  • W. M. Berelson

    (University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA)

  • J. Granger

    (University of Connecticut)

  • B. X. Chang

    (Guyot Hall, Princeton University)

  • S. Dawson

    (University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA)

  • E. J. Crane III

    (Pomona College)

  • L. Chong

    (University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA)

  • B. Thamdrup

    (Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark)

  • A. Townsend-Small

    (University of Cincinnati, 605 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA)

  • D. M. Sigman

    (Guyot Hall, Princeton University)

Abstract

A novel symbiotic consortium is described between two chemolithotrophic bacteria — anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria and the nitrate-sequestering sulphur-oxidizing Thioploca species — in anoxic sediments of the Soledad basin at the Mexican Pacific margin.

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  • M. G. Prokopenko & M. B. Hirst & L. De Brabandere & D. J. P. Lawrence & W. M. Berelson & J. Granger & B. X. Chang & S. Dawson & E. J. Crane III & L. Chong & B. Thamdrup & A. Townsend-Small & D. M. Sig, 2013. "Nitrogen losses in anoxic marine sediments driven by Thioploca–anammox bacterial consortia," Nature, Nature, vol. 500(7461), pages 194-198, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:500:y:2013:i:7461:d:10.1038_nature12365
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12365
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