Ammonia oxidation kinetics determine niche separation of nitrifying Archaea and Bacteria

Willm Martens-Habbena (), Paul M. Berube, Hidetoshi Urakawa, José R. de la Torre and David A. Stahl ()
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Willm Martens-Habbena: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Paul M. Berube: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Hidetoshi Urakawa: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
José R. de la Torre: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
David A. Stahl: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7266, 976-979

Abstract: Ammonia for Archaea Aerobic ammonia oxidation is a key process in the global nitrogen cycle. It was thought that only a few groups of bacteria could catalyse the reaction, until a few years ago when widely distributed Archaea species were found to do the same. Now a study of the marine archaeal isolate known as SCM1 reveals that it has a much higher affinity for ammonia than bacterial ammonia oxidizers. This would explain why marine Archaea can successfully compete with other microbes in the oligotrophic ocean, and it supports the hypothesis that nitrification may be more prevalent in the marine nitrogen cycle than assumed in current biogeochemical models.

Date: 2009
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