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Where Do Ocean Microbes With Nitrogen-Breathing Superpowers Live?
- Source :
- Frontiers for Young Minds. 10
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2022.
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Abstract
- All animals, including you, need oxygen to breathe. Many kinds of tiny microorganisms (microbes) also need oxygen. But some microbes have a superpower: they can breathe a different element called nitrogen! This means they can live in areas where there is no oxygen. But where are these areas? We wanted to figure out where these superpowered nitrogen-breathing microbes live in the ocean. In this article, we describe how we found a new way to estimate these areas. We made a map of the world that points out the areas in the deep ocean where nitrogen-breathing microbes are likely to live. Our work will help us to understand the role that nitrogen-breathing microbes play in the regulation of Earth’s climate.
- Subjects :
- General Medicine
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Details
- ISSN :
- 22966846
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers for Young Minds
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....553342b51a0b603a4cd1228dfd00adf7