Functional Traits Resolve Mechanisms Governing the Assembly and Distribution of Nitrogen-Cycling Microbial Communities in the Global Ocean

• Published in: mBio Vol. 13; no. 2; p. e0383221
• Main Authors: Song, Wen, Liu, Jihua, Qin, Wei, Huang, Jun, Yu, Xiaoli, Xu, Mengzhao, Stahl, David, Jiao, Nianzhi, Zhou, Jizhong, Tu, Qichao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 26.04.2022; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: community assembly; diversity patterns; Environmental Microbiology; functional redundancy; functional traits; marine nitrogen cycle; Metagenome; Microbiology; Microbiota; Nitrogen; Nitrogen Cycle; Oceans and Seas; Research Article; stochasticity; diversity patterns; stochasticity; functional redundancy; marine nitrogen cycle; functional traits; community assembly

Microorganisms drive much of the marine nitrogen (N) cycle, which jointly controls the primary production in the global ocean. However, our understanding of the microbial communities driving the global ocean N cycle remains fragmented. Focusing on "who is doing what, where, and how?", this...