Release of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen by Marine Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria, Trichodesmium spp. †
AUTOR(ES)
Glibert, Patricia M.
RESUMO
Trichodesmium sp. is a filamentous, colonial cyanobacterium which contributes substantially to the input of nitrogen in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters through nitrogen fixation (N2 fixation). We applied a 15N tracer technique to assess the rate of release of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) from this cyanobacterium and compared those rates with rates of N2 fixation determined for the same assemblages at the same times of day. Rates of release of DON showed considerable variation within replicate experiments and were variable depending on time of day and duration of time course experiments. On average, rates of DON release were ca. 50% the rates of N2 fixation. We also fractionated the DON released by using ultrafiltration and found that 60 to 80% of the total organic release was of the size class <10,000 Da. The release of these organic compounds by Trichodesmium spp. is likely a significant source of new nitrogen for the associated bacteria or the non-nitrogen-fixing filaments of the Trichodesmium colonies.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=201927Documentos Relacionados
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