Soil Microbiomes With the Genetic Capacity for Atmospheric Chemosynthesis Are Widespread Across the Poles and Are Associated With Moisture, Carbon, and Nitrogen Limitation

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Angelique E. Ray, Eden Zhang, Aleks Terauds, Mukan Ji, Weidong Kong, Belinda C. Ferrari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: carbon fixation; atmospheric chemosynthesis; trace gases; photosynthesis; environmental drivers; quantitative PCR; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Arctic; Calvin; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01936; https://doaj.org/article/0caa951b355b4c0684b17fbc8970ef02

Soil microbiomes within oligotrophic cold deserts are extraordinarily diverse. Increasingly, oligotrophic sites with low levels of phototrophic primary producers are reported, leading researchers to question their carbon and energy sources. A novel microbial carbon fixation process termed atmospheri...