Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...

Using a mathematical model, an international team of researchers has been able to show that heterotrophic bacteria inside ...

It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can carry out N2 fixation. It was assumed that the high levels of oxygen ...

On the contrary, the entire study area showed heterotrophic negative metabolic trend in winter, and respiration rates of communities in winter were higher than those in summer. The primary mechanism ...

Here, we evaluate evidence for this trade-off across a wide range of heterotrophic eukaryotes from unicellular nanoflagellates to large mammals belonging to both aquatic and terrestrial realms. Using ...