Difference between revisions of "RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON FORAMINIFERA"
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== NITRATE STORAGE AND DENITRIFICATION == | == NITRATE STORAGE AND DENITRIFICATION == | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:PNAS_front.gif|left|80px| ]]<font size="2">...... Here we show that several different and diverse foraminiferal groups (miliolids, rotaliids, textulariids) and ''Gromia'', another taxon also belonging to Rhizaria, accumulate and respire nitrates through denitrification. The widespread occurrence among distantly related organisms suggests an ancient origin of the trait. The diverse metabolic capacity of these organisms, which enables them to respire with oxygen and nitrate and to sustain respiratory activity even when electron acceptors are absent from the environment, may be one of the reasons for their successful colonization of diverse marine sediment environments. |
<font size="2">(from [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/3/1148.full?sid=8a7c13c9-3ba7-4697-8c9a-58bf6ff0d5c2 ABSTRACT]) | <font size="2">(from [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/3/1148.full?sid=8a7c13c9-3ba7-4697-8c9a-58bf6ff0d5c2 ABSTRACT]) | ||
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