{"674447":{"#nid":"674447","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Sulfur oxidation and reduction are coupled to nitrogen fixation in the roots of the salt marsh foundation plant Spartina alterniflora","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHeterotrophic activity, primarily driven by sulfate-reducing prokaryotes, has traditionally been linked to nitrogen fixation in the root zone of coastal marine plants, leaving the role of chemolithoautotrophy in this process unexplored. The researchers show that sulfur oxidation coupled to nitrogen fixation is a previously overlooked process providing nitrogen to coastal marine macrophytes. In their study, they recovered 239 metagenome-assembled genomes from a salt marsh dominated by the foundation plant \u003Cem\u003ESpartina alterniflora\u003C\/em\u003E, including diazotrophic sulfate-reducing and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Based on the findings, the researchers propose that the symbiosis between \u003Cem\u003ES. alterniflora\u003C\/em\u003E and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria is key to ecosystem functioning of coastal salt marshes. The study\u0027s co-authors include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E researchers: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jose-luis-rolando-17074b17\/\u0022\u003EJose Louis Rolando\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/maxim-kolton\u0022\u003EMaxim Kolton\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tianze-song-315062a1\/\u0022\u003ETianze Song\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/roth-conrad\u0022\u003ERoth Conrad\u003C\/a\u003E, Y. Liu, P. Pinamang, Professor and Associate Chair of Research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/kostas-t-konstantinidis\u0022\u003EKostas Konstantinidis\u003C\/a\u003E. (Konstantinidis is also professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHeterotrophic activity, primarily driven by sulfate-reducing prokaryotes, has traditionally been linked to nitrogen fixation in the root zone of coastal marine plants, leaving the role of chemolithoautotrophy in this process unexplored. The researchers show that sulfur oxidation coupled to nitrogen fixation is a previously overlooked process providing nitrogen to coastal marine macrophytes. In their study, they recovered 239 metagenome-assembled genomes from a salt marsh dominated by the foundation plant \u003Cem\u003ESpartina alterniflora\u003C\/em\u003E, including diazotrophic sulfate-reducing and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Based on the findings, the researchers propose that the symbiosis between \u003Cem\u003ES. alterniflora\u003C\/em\u003E and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria is key to ecosystem functioning of coastal salt marshes. The study\u0027s co-authors include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E researchers: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jose-luis-rolando-17074b17\/\u0022\u003EJose Louis Rolando\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/maxim-kolton\u0022\u003EMaxim Kolton\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tianze-song-315062a1\/\u0022\u003ETianze Song\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/roth-conrad\u0022\u003ERoth Conrad\u003C\/a\u003E, Y. Liu, P. Pinamang, Professor and Associate Chair of Research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/kostas-t-konstantinidis\u0022\u003EKostas Konstantinidis\u003C\/a\u003E. (Konstantinidis is also professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-04-30 18:25:55","changed_gmt":"2024-05-01 14:44:30","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature Communications","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-47646-1","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"193679","name":"coastal salt marshes"},{"id":"176431","name":"marine ecosystems"},{"id":"193680","name":"coastal marine plants"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}