The microbial nitrogen cycle

• Main Author: Marlene Mark Jensen (auth)
• Other Authors: Bess B. Ward (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Nitrogen Cycle; Nitrification; Denitrification; Anammox; microbial ecology; Nitrogen Fixation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Nitrogen is an essential element in biological systems, and one that often limits production in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. Due to its requirement in biological macromolecules, its acquisition and cycling have the potential to structure microbial communities, as well as to control producti...