Divergent Capacity of Scleractinian and Soft Corals to Assimilate and Transfer Diazotrophically Derived Nitrogen to the Reef Environment

Divergent Capacity of Scleractinian and Soft Corals to Assimilate and Transfer Diazotrophically Derived Nitrogen to the Reef Environment

Corals are associated with dinitrogen (N2)-fixing bacteria that potentially represent an additional nitrogen (N) source for the coral holobiont in oligotrophic reef environments. Nevertheless, the few studies investigating the assimilation of diazotrophically derived nitrogen (DDN) by tropical coral...

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Main Authors: Chloé A. Pupier, Vanessa N. Bednarz, Renaud Grover, Maoz Fine, Jean-François Maguer, Christine Ferrier-Pagès
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
dinitrogen fixation
diazotrophs
scleractinian corals
soft corals
Red Sea
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01860/full

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