ArticleThe ISME journal2023
Aerobic bacteria produce nitric oxide via denitrification and promote algal population collapse.
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- Ecological Trait-Based Digital Categorization of Microbial Genomes for Denitrification Potential.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Bacteria contribute exopolysaccharides to an algal-bacterial joint extracellular matrix.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Algal blooms in the ocean: hot spots for chemically mediated microbial interactions.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024Review
- Phylogenetics and environmental distribution of nitric oxide-forming nitrite reductases reveal their distinct functional and ecological roles.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Evidence of nitrate-based nighttime atmospheric nucleation driven by marine microorganisms in the South Pacific.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Abundant Sulfitobacter marine bacteria protect Emiliania huxleyi algae from pathogenic bacteria.ISME communications · 2023Article
- Partitioning of the denitrification pathway and other nitrite metabolisms within global oxygen deficient zones.ISME communications · 2023Article
- Indole-3-acetic acid as a cross-talking molecule in algal-bacterial interactions and a potential driving force in algal bloom formation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Microbial interactions govern marine biogeochemistry. These interactions are generally considered to rely on exchange of organic molecules. Here we report on a novel inorganic route of microbial communication, showing that algal-bacterial interactions between Phaeobacter inhibens bacteria and Gephyrocapsa huxleyi algae are mediated through inorganic nitrogen exchange. Under oxygen-rich conditions, aerobic bacteria reduce algal-secreted nitrite to nitric oxide (NO) through denitrification, a well-studied anaerobic respiratory mechanism. The bacterial NO is involved in triggering a cascade in algae akin to programmed cell death. During death, algae further generate NO, thereby propagating the signal in the algal population. Eventually, the algal population collapses, similar to the sudden demise of oceanic algal blooms. Our study suggests that the exchange of inorganic nitrogen species in oxygenated environments is a potentially significant route of microbial communication within and across kingdoms.
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