Heterotrophic bacterial diazotrophs are more abundant than their cyanobacterial counterparts in metagenomes covering most of the sunlit ocean
T. O. Delmont, J. J. Pierella Karlusich, I. Veseli, J. Fuessel, A. M. Eren, R. A. Foster, C. Bowler, P. Wincker, E. Pelletier
The paper identifies heterotrophic bacterial diazotrophs as more abundant than cyanobacterial diazotrophs in ocean metagenomes, expanding the known diversity of marine nitrogen fixers.
bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2021Microbiology