Elemental economy: microbial strategies for optimizing growth in the face of nutrient limitation

• Published in: Advances in microbial physiology Vol. 60; pp. 91 - 210
• Main Authors: Merchant, Sabeeha S, Helmann, John D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 2012
• Subjects: acclimation; Adaptation, Biological; amino acid sequences; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; biogeochemical cycles; biosphere; Biotransformation; carbon; Carbon - metabolism; Cell Physiological Phenomena; ecosystems; Energy Metabolism; Evolution, Molecular; genome; genomics; Metabolic Networks and Pathways - genetics; Metals - metabolism; microbial physiology; microorganisms; nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; nutrients; oceanography; organic matter; Phosphorus - metabolism; proteome; recycling; Seawater - microbiology; sulfur; Sulfur - metabolism

Microorganisms play a dominant role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients. They are rightly praised for their facility for fixing both carbon and nitrogen into organic matter, and microbial driven processes have tangibly altered the chemical composition of the biosphere and its surrounding atmo...