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Functional traits explain the enhancement of #Denitrification by wetland plants
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#Denitrification in tiny #anoxic pockets on #sand grains could account for 1/3 of total #nitrogen loss in silicate shelf sands.
mpi-bremen.de/en/Nitrogen-...
Our newly developed #microfluidic method revealed #microorganisms on sand grains create anoxic microenvironments allowing #denitrification in well-oxygenated sands
Out now in Scientific Reports
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doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🚨 Not sure if I can take this assignment seriously, but here's my attempt at a truly absurd business idea for #denitrification:
Introducing the "Dino-Nitrate Detox Spa!" 🦕💦 Where customers can relax in our dino-infused water pods while we purify their nitrate-rich blood with the power of #denitrification! 💪🏼 It's like a regular spa, but instead of... (1/2)
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Lime application (liming) has historically been used to ameliorate soil acidity in grasslands. Liming effectively improves soil pH, plant productivity, and soil physicochemical properties, but the long-term impact of acidity control by liming on key microbial nitrogen (N)-cycling genes in semi-natural grasslands is unknown. We investigated the effect of 65 years of liming on N-cycling processes in the limed and control plots of the Ossekampen long-term grassland experiment in the Netherlands. These plots have not received any other fertilizers for 65 years. Soil sampling and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission measurements were conducted three times in spring and four times in summer, and quantitative real-time PCR was performed to determine the absolute abundances of N-cycling genes, including ammonia-oxidation (amoA-AOB, amoA-AOA, amoA-comammox), denitrification (nirS, nirK, nosZ), nitrate ammonification (nrfA), and N-fixation (nifH) genes. Long-term liming increased the absolute abundances of nitrifiers, denitrifiers, and nitrate ammonifiers. Soil N2O emissions did not differ significantly between liming and control treatments. Additionally, liming had a buffering effect that maintained the population of N-cycling microbes against seasonal variations in abundance. Our results indicate that improving soil acidity through liming potentially facilitates microbial N-cycling processes without increasing N2O emissions.
Scientists discover more #mitochondria-like #symbionts with surprising metabolic capacities https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-mitochondria-symbionts-metabolic-capacities.html
Genetic potential for aerobic respiration and #denitrification in globally distributed respiratory #endosymbionts https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54047-x
"They found a unique #bacterium that lives inside a ciliate (#protists) and provides it with energy... reminiscent of #mitochondria, with the key difference that the #endosymbiont derives energy from the respiration of nitrate, not oxygen."
In 2021, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, reported an astonishing new form of symbiosis: They found a unique bacterium that lives inside a ciliate—a unicellular eukaryote—and provides it with energy. The symbiont's role is thus strongly reminiscent of mitochondria, with the key difference that the endosymbiont derives energy from the respiration of nitrate, not oxygen.
Reactive Barriers Could Keep Nitrate out of the Atlantic.
#denitrification #bacteria #biofilters #water_quality #HAB
https://eos.org/articles/reactive-barriers-could-keep-nitrate-out-of-the-atlantic
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