Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-193-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-193-2019
Research article
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18 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2019

Enhanced microbial nitrogen transformations in association with macrobiota from the rocky intertidal

Catherine A. Pfister and Mark A. Altabet

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Microbial assemblages on host plants and animals are an increasingly recognized biological phenomenon. We present evidence that microbes in association with mussels and seaweeds are contributing greatly to nitrogen cycling in coastal marine areas, often many times that of the microbes that are simply free-living in seawater. The addition of dissolved organic carbon increased nutrient uptake by microbes, suggesting that coastal species enhance microbial metabolism through resource provisioning.
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