Ecological Trait-Based Digital Categorization of Microbial Genomes for Denitrification Potential.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms encode proteins that function in the transformations of useful and harmful nitrogenous compounds in the global nitrogen cycle. The major transformations in the nitrogen cycle are nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, and ammonification. The focus of this report is the complex biogeochemical process of denitrification, which, in the complete form, consists of a series of four enzyme-catalyzed reduction reactions that transforms nitrate to nitrogen gas. Denitrification is a microbial strain-level ecological trait (characteristic), and denitrification potential (functional performance) can be inferred from trait rules that rely on the presence or absence of genes for denitrifying enzymes in microbial genomes. Despite the global signifi

SUBMITTER: Isokpehi RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11052009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature