{"id":159,"date":"2023-10-13T12:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:53:52","slug":"nitrogen-fixation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/nitrogen-fixation\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Nitrogen Fixation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Biological N2 fixation is an important part of the marine nitrogen cycle as it provides a source of new nitrogen that can support biological carbon export and sequestration. Research in the past decade has focused on determining the patterns of distribution and abundance of diazotrophs, defining the environmental features leading to these patterns and characterizing the factors that constrain marine N2 fixation overall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrmicro\/journal\/v9\/n7\/fig_tab\/nrmicro2594_F1.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2023\/11\/fig_1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Nitrogen Fixation\" width=\"482\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2023\/11\/fig_1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2023\/11\/fig_1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The export of organic material from surface into deeper waters is dependent on the amount of CO2 fixation (primary production) that is based on new nitrogen inputs (N2 fixation or nitrate diffusion from deep waters). Alternatively, some primary productivity is based on the regeneration of organic material to ammonia in surface waters. PON, particulate organic nitrogen.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"html-content lg-font\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #00000012;\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/capone\/the-basics\/\">Nitrogen Fixation : The Basics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sub\">\n<div class=\"col-sub-section\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Review<\/h4>\n<p>Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 499-508 (July 2011) | doi:10.1038\/nrmicro2594<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation<\/p>\n<p>Jill A. Sohm1, Eric A. Webb1 &amp; Douglas G. Capone<\/p>\n<h4>Reference:<\/h4>\n<p>Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation<\/p>\n<p>Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 499-508 (July 2011) |<\/p>\n<p>doi:10.1038\/nrmicro2594<\/p>\n<p>Jill A. Sohm, Eric A. Webb &amp; Douglas G. 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