Luxury iron uptake and storage in pennate diatoms from the equatorial Pacific Ocean
Luxury iron uptake and storage in pennate diatoms from the equatorial Pacific Ocean
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赤道太平洋羽状硅藻对铁的大量吸收和储存
DOI:
10.1093/mtomcs/mfac035
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Baines, Stephen B.
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作者:
Twining, Benjamin S.;Baines, Stephen B.
Iron is a key micronutrient for ocean phytoplankton, and the availability of iron controls primary production and community composition in large regions of the ocean. Pennate diatoms, a phytoplankton group that responds to iron additions in low-iron areas, can have highly variable iron contents, and some groups such asPseudo-nitzschia, are known to use ferritin to store iron for later use. We quantified and mapped the intracellular accumulation of iron by a natural population ofPseudo-nitzschiafrom the Fe-limited equatorial Pacific Ocean. A total of 48 h after iron addition, nearly half of the accumulated iron was localized in storage bodies adjacent to chloroplasts believed to represent ferritin. Over the subsequent 48 h, stored iron was distributed to the rest of the cell through subsequent growth and division, partially supporting the iron contents of the daughter cells. This study provides the first quantitative view into the cellular trafficking of iron in a globally relevant phytoplankton group and demonstrates the unique capabilities of synchrotron-based element imaging approaches.