Project description:Salt marshes provide many key ecosystem services that have tremendous ecological and economic value. One critical service is the removal of fixed nitrogen from coastal waters, which limits the negative effects of eutrophication resulting from increased nutrient supply. Nutrient enrichment of salt marsh sediments results in higher rates of nitrogen cycling and, commonly, a concurrent increase in the flux of nitrous oxide, an important greenhouse gas. Little is known, however, regarding controls on the microbial communities that contribute to nitrous oxide fluxes in marsh sediments. To address this disconnect, we generated microbial community profiles as well as directly assayed nitrogen cycling genes that encode the enzymes responsible for overall nitrous oxide flux from salt marsh sediments. We hypothesized that communities of microbes responsible for nitrogen transformations will be structured by nitrogen availability. Taxa that respond positively to high nitrogen inputs may be responsible for the elevated rates of nitrogen cycling processes measured in fertilized sediments. Our data show that, with the exception of ammonia-oxidizing archaea, the community composition of organisms responsible for production and consumption of nitrous oxide was altered under nutrient enrichment. These results suggest that elevated rates of nitrous oxide production and consumption are the result of changes in community structure, not simply changes in microbial activity.
Project description:This study was developed to test the hypothesis that the risk of colorectal cancer recurrence was similar in patients who were randomly assigned to 65% nitrous oxide or nitrogen during colorectal surgery.
Project description:Oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) are major sites of net natural oceanic nitrous oxide (N2O) production and emissions. In order to understand changes in the magnitude of N2O production in response to global change, knowledge on the individual contributions of the major microbial pathways (nitrification and denitrification) to N2O production and their regulation is needed. In the ODZ of the coastal area off Peru, the sensitivity of N2O production to oxygen and organic matter was investigated using 15N-tracer experiments in combination with qPCR and microarray analysis of total and active functional genes targeting archaeal amoA and nirS as marker genes for nitrification and denitrification, respectively. Denitrification was responsible for the highest N2O production with mean 8.7 nmol L-1 d-1 but up to 118 ± 27.8 nmol L-1 d-1 just below the oxic-anoxic interface. Highest N2O production from AO of 0.16 ± 0.003 nmol L-1 d-1 occurred in the upper oxycline at O2 concentrations of 10 - 30 µmol L-1 which coincided with highest archaeal amoA transcripts/genes. Oxygen responses of N2O production varied with substrate, but production and yields were generally highest below 10 µmol L-1 O2. Particulate organic matter additions increased N2O production by denitrification up to 5-fold suggesting increased N2O production during times of high particulate organic matter export. High N2O yields from ammonium oxidation of 2.1% were measured, but the overall contribution to N2O production stays an order of magnitude behind denitrification as an N2O source. Hence, these findings show that denitrification is the most important N2O production process in low oxygen conditions fueled by organic carbon supply which implies a positive feedback of the total oceanic N2O sources in response to increasing oceanic deoxygenation. [SUBMITTER_CITATION]: Frey, C., Bange, H. W., Achterberg, E. P., Jayakumar, A., Löscher, C. R., Arévalo-Martínez, D. L., León-Palmero, E., Sun, M., Sun, X., Xie, R. C., Oleynik, S., and Ward, B. B.: Regulation of nitrous oxide production in low-oxygen waters off the coast of Peru, Biogeosciences, 17, 2263-2287
Project description:Oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) are major sites of net natural oceanic nitrous oxide (N2O) production and emissions. In order to understand changes in the magnitude of N2O production in response to global change, knowledge on the individual contributions of the major microbial pathways (nitrification and denitrification) to N2O production and their regulation is needed. In the ODZ of the coastal area off Peru, the sensitivity of N2O production to oxygen and organic matter was investigated using 15N-tracer experiments in combination with qPCR and microarray analysis of total and active functional genes targeting archaeal amoA and nirS as marker genes for nitrification and denitrification, respectively. Denitrification was responsible for the highest N2O production with mean 8.7 nmol L-1 d-1 but up to 118 ± 27.8 nmol L-1 d-1 just below the oxic-anoxic interface. Highest N2O production from AO of 0.16 ± 0.003 nmol L-1 d-1 occurred in the upper oxycline at O2 concentrations of 10 - 30 µmol L-1 which coincided with highest archaeal amoA transcripts/genes. Oxygen responses of N2O production varied with substrate, but production and yields were generally highest below 10 µmol L-1 O2. Particulate organic matter additions increased N2O production by denitrification up to 5-fold suggesting increased N2O production during times of high particulate organic matter export. High N2O yields from ammonium oxidation of 2.1% were measured, but the overall contribution to N2O production stays an order of magnitude behind denitrification as an N2O source. Hence, these findings show that denitrification is the most important N2O production process in low oxygen conditions fueled by organic carbon supply which implies a positive feedback of the total oceanic N2O sources in response to increasing oceanic deoxygenation. [SUBMITTER_CITATION]: Frey, C., Bange, H. W., Achterberg, E. P., Jayakumar, A., Löscher, C. R., Arévalo-Martínez, D. L., León-Palmero, E., Sun, M., Sun, X., Xie, R. C., Oleynik, S., and Ward, B. B.: Regulation of nitrous oxide production in low-oxygen waters off the coast of Peru, Biogeosciences, 17, 2263-2287
Project description:Anthropogenic perturbations to the nitrogen cycle, primarily through use of synthetic fertilizers, is driving an unprecedented increase in the emission of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas, and an ozone depleting substance, causing urgency in identifying the sources and sinks of N2O. Microbial denitrification is a primary contributor to the biotic production of N2O in anoxic regions of soil, marine systems, and wastewater treatment facilities. Here, through comprehensive genome analysis, we show that pathway partitioning is a ubiquitous mechanism of complete denitrification by microbial communities. We have further investigated the mechanisms and consequences of process partitioning through detailed physiological characterization and kinetic modeling of a synthetic community of Rhodanobacter R12 and Acidovorax 3H11. We have discovered that these two bacterial isolates from a heavily NO3- contaminated superfund site complete denitrification through the exchange of nitrite (NO2-) and nitric oxide (NO). Our findings further demonstrate that cooperativity within this denitrifying community emerges through process partitioning of denitrification and other processes, including amino acid metabolism. We demonstrate that certain contexts, such as high NO3-, cause unbalanced growth of community members, due to differences in their substrate utilization kinetics and inter-enzyme competition. The altered growth characteristics of community members drives accumulation of toxic NO2- , which disrupts denitrification causing N2O off gassing.
2025-06-18 | GSE272493 | GEO
Project description:Nitrous oxide production system
Project description:Anthropogenic perturbations to the nitrogen cycle, primarily through use of synthetic fertilizers, have caused unprecedented increases in the emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) in recent decades. As a potent greenhouse gas, and an ozone depleting substance, understanding the sources and sinks of N2O is of vital importance. Nitrate (NO3-) reducing microbes are a primary contributor to the biotic production of N2O in anoxic regions of soil, marine systems, and wastewater treatment facilities through the process of denitrification. Thus, developing a better understanding of denitrifying microbial communities, and the environmental factors that influence N2O emissions may provide strategies to mitigate emissions in agriculture and wastewater treatment. Here, through comprehensive genome analysis, we show that pathway partitioning is a common strategy utilized by microbial communities to perform complete denitrification. Through detailed physiological characterization and kinetic modeling of a cooperative synthetic community (SynCom) assembled by pairing bacterial isolates from a field site heavily contaminated with NO3-, we also provide insight into the controls of N2O emissions. We demonstrate that members of this SynCom cooperate to perform complete denitrification through exchange of nitrite (NO2-) and nitric oxide (NO), and that community context drives global physiological changes in each member. We identify links between amino acid metabolism and denitrification activity as well as indicators of competition and amino acid exchange. We also show that NO2- toxicity with unbalanced growth of community members drives N2O production, suggesting that this SynCom provides a simplified, environmentally relevant, model of pathway partitioning in denitrifying communities. This SynCom should provide a framework with which to further explore how environmental context can impact cooperation and lead to the production of N2O
2025-06-24 | PXD051979 | Pride
Project description:Nitrous oxide production associated microbial community diversity