Insights into Prokaryotic Community and Its Potential Functions in Nitrogen Metabolism in the Bay of Bengal, a Pronounced Oxygen Minimum Zone
Bowei Gu, Jiaxing Liu, Shunyan Cheung, Ngai Hei Ernest Ho, Yehui Tan, Xiaomin Xia
Abstract
Recognizing the prokaryotic community and its functions in hypoxic (>5 to ≤60 μM O 2 ) environments before further expansion of OMZs is critical. We demonstrate the prokaryotic community and its potential functions in nitrogen metabolism in the Bay of Bengal (BoB), where oxygen concentration is barely above suboxic level.
Topics & Concepts
BayBENGALNitrogenOxygenBiologyNitrogen cycleEcologyChemistryOceanographyGeologyOrganic chemistryWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation