Interested in #nitrification? Check-out this new paper driven by the #MichaelPester group focussing on nitrification-driven chemolithoautotrophy in oligotrophic lake hypolimnia. Freshwater AOA contribute only a minor part to dark DIC fixation in these systems.
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Abstract. Deep oligotrophic lakes hold over 80% of global lake water. In their hypolimnion, ammonia oxidation (the first step of nitrification) and non-pho