Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live?
<jats:p>All animals, including you, need oxygen to breathe. Many kinds of tiny microorganisms (microbes) also need oxygen. But some microbes have a superpower: they can breathe a different element called nitrogen! This means they can live in areas where there is no oxygen. But where are these...
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| author | Zakem, Emily J Lauderdale, Jonathan M Follows, Michael J |
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| description | <jats:p>All animals, including you, need oxygen to breathe. Many kinds of tiny microorganisms (microbes) also need oxygen. But some microbes have a superpower: they can breathe a different element called nitrogen! This means they can live in areas where there is no oxygen. But where are these areas? We wanted to figure out where these superpowered nitrogen-breathing microbes live in the ocean. In this article, we describe how we found a new way to estimate these areas. We made a map of the world that points out the areas in the deep ocean where nitrogen-breathing microbes are likely to live. Our work will help us to understand the role that nitrogen-breathing microbes play in the regulation of Earth’s climate.</jats:p> |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1480892023-02-17T03:23:19Z Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? Zakem, Emily J Lauderdale, Jonathan M Follows, Michael J Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences <jats:p>All animals, including you, need oxygen to breathe. Many kinds of tiny microorganisms (microbes) also need oxygen. But some microbes have a superpower: they can breathe a different element called nitrogen! This means they can live in areas where there is no oxygen. But where are these areas? We wanted to figure out where these superpowered nitrogen-breathing microbes live in the ocean. In this article, we describe how we found a new way to estimate these areas. We made a map of the world that points out the areas in the deep ocean where nitrogen-breathing microbes are likely to live. Our work will help us to understand the role that nitrogen-breathing microbes play in the regulation of Earth’s climate.</jats:p> 2023-02-16T14:09:53Z 2023-02-16T14:09:53Z 2022 2023-02-16T14:06:55Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148089 Zakem, Emily J, Lauderdale, Jonathan M and Follows, Michael J. 2022. "Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live?." Frontiers for Young Minds, 10. en 10.3389/FRYM.2022.766134 Frontiers for Young Minds Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Frontiers Media SA Frontiers |
| spellingShingle | Zakem, Emily J Lauderdale, Jonathan M Follows, Michael J Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title | Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title_full | Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title_fullStr | Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title_short | Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live? |
| title_sort | where do ocean microbes with nitrogen breathing superpowers live |
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