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ArticlemSphere2026

Dissolved oxygen concentrations influence microbial community structure and key players in an oxygen minimum zone.

Kaitlin R Dombroski, Lauren G Campbell, Robert M Morris, Olivia U Mason

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4 authors.

Kaitlin R DombroskiDepartment of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3254-1666
Lauren G CampbellDepartment of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Robert M MorrisSchool of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9030-3790
Olivia U MasonDepartment of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3027-4876

Funding

National Science Foundation 2113936National Science Foundation 2333925National Science Foundation 2333928
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) are expanding in the global ocean. Declining oxygen can alter microbial processes that regulate carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling, including pathways with the potential to produce nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas. Yet, we lack a full understanding of how microbial communities respond to declining oxygen in some globally important OMZs. This is particularly true for the understudied northern Benguela Upwelling System (nBUS), an important source of marine N₂O. Here, we analyzed the influence of oxygen concentrations on microbial communities in the nBUS OMZ using 16S rRNA gene sequence data. Microbial diversity did not decline linearly with oxygen and was highest under dysoxic (0.2-2.0 mL/L) conditions and lowest under suboxic (0.0-0.2 mL/L) conditions. This pattern was primarily due to changes in community evenness, which decreased in suboxic samples as the relative abundance of

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BacteriaBiotaOxygenSeawaterDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalNitrous OxidePhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalNitrous OxideOxygenRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNAalpha diversityBengueladissolved oxygenEBUEincomplete denitrificationN2ONamibianBUSomicsOMZSUP05Thioglobaceae

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PMID42454921
PMCPMC13508795

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