Abstract
AbstractAnaerobic metabolisms are thought to dominate nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). However, thriving populations of aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in AMZs challenge this assumption and remain unexplained. Using theory and modelling, we show how periodic oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic NOB in AMZs alongside more competitive aerobic heterotrophs. Ecological theory, supported by genomics and numerical simulations, frames NOB as opportunists exploiting a fleeting supply of oxygen. Consistent within situobservations, we show that simulated NOB contribute substantially (>40%) to oxygen consumption at AMZ boundaries, which implies that NOB may provide a unique stabilizing feedback to AMZs. Fine-scale ocean currents increase the metabolic diversity in AMZs, which could stabilize AMZ volume under climate change.One-Sentence SummaryFleeting whiffs of oxygen to the ocean ‘s anoxic zones increase microbial diversity and alter biogeochemical cycling.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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