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This project studies the role of benthic foraminifera, unicellular eukaryotes, in the nitrogen cycle, particularly their ability to respire nitrate to dinitrogen gas in anoxic environments. It aims to uncover their intracellular nitrate storage, denitrification processes, and evolutionary relationships among different…
Generally, anaerobic respiration of nitrate is regarded as a bacterial process.
In addition to bacteria only three eukaryotes were known to have the potential to reduce nitrate and nitrous oxide.
However, very recently three species of benthic foraminifera were found to respire nitrate completely to dinitrogen gas.
To be able to do so they store high concentrations of nitrate in their cell (Risgaard-Petersen et al. 2006).
Benthic foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes that are among the most su…
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
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