Author | dc.contributor.author | Alcamán Arias, María Estrella | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Cifuentes Anticevic, Jerónimo | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Castillo Inaipil, Wilson | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Farías, Laura | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Sanhueza, Cynthia | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Fernández Gómez, Beatriz | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Verdugo, Josefa | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Abarzúa, Leslie | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Ridley, Christina M. | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Tamayo Leiva, Javier Alejandro Ignacio | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Díez, Beatriz | |
Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-10T19:49:17Z | |
Available date | dc.date.available | 2022-08-10T19:49:17Z | |
Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | Microorganisms 2022, 10, 1140 | es_ES |
Identifier | dc.identifier.other | 10.3390/microorganisms10061140 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187264 | |
Abstract | dc.description.abstract | Although crucial for the addition of new nitrogen in marine ecosystems, dinitrogen (N-2) fixation remains an understudied process, especially under dark conditions and in polar coastal areas, such as the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). New measurements of light and dark N-2 fixation rates in parallel with carbon (C) fixation rates, as well as analysis of the genetic marker nifH for diazotrophic organisms, were conducted during the late summer in the coastal waters of Chile Bay, South Shetland Islands, WAP. During six late summers (February 2013 to 2019), Chile Bay was characterized by high NO3- concentrations (similar to 20 mu M) and an NH4+ content that remained stable near 0.5 mu M. The N:P ratio was approximately 14.1, thus close to that of the Redfield ratio (16:1). The presence of Cluster I and Cluster III nifH gene sequences closely related to Alpha-, Delta- and, to a lesser extent, Gammaproteobacteria, suggests that chemosynthetic and heterotrophic bacteria are primarily responsible for N-2 fixation in the bay. Photosynthetic carbon assimilation ranged from 51.18 to 1471 nmol C L-1 d(-1), while dark chemosynthesis ranged from 9.24 to 805 nmol C L-1 d(-1). N2 fixation rates were higher under dark conditions (up to 45.40 nmol N L-1 d(-1)) than under light conditions (up to 7.70 nmol N L-1 d(-1)), possibly contributing more than 37% to new nitrogen-based production (>2.5 g N m(-2) y(-1)). Of all the environmental factors measured, only PO43--exhibited a significant correlation with C and N-2 rates, being negatively correlated (p < 0.05) with dark chemosynthesis and N-2 fixation under the light condition, revealing the importance of the N:P ratio for these processes in Chile Bay. This significant contribution of N-2 fixation expands the ubiquity and biological potential of these marine chemosynthetic diazotrophs. As such, this process should be considered along with the entire N cycle when further reviewing highly productive Antarctic coastal waters and the diazotrophic potential of the global marine ecosystem. | es_ES |
Patrocinador | dc.description.sponsorship | Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Chile ANID/FONDAP/15110009
ANID/FONDAP/15200002
ANID/DPI/20140044
ANID/FONDECYT/INACH 3170807
Instituto Antartico Chileno INACH RT_15-10 | es_ES |
Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | es_ES |
Publisher | dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
Type of license | dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
Link to License | dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
Source | dc.source | Microorganisms | es_ES |
Keywords | dc.subject | Nitrogen fixation | es_ES |
Keywords | dc.subject | Heterotrophic diazotrophy | es_ES |
Keywords | dc.subject | WAP/new production | es_ES |
Keywords | dc.subject | Diazotrophy | es_ES |
Título | dc.title | Dark diazotrophy during the late summer in surface waters of Chile bay, west Antarctic peninsula | es_ES |
Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | es_ES |
dc.description.version | dc.description.version | Versión publicada - versión final del editor | es_ES |
dcterms.accessRights | dcterms.accessRights | Acceso abierto | es_ES |
Cataloguer | uchile.catalogador | apc | es_ES |
Indexation | uchile.index | Artículo de publícación WoS | es_ES |