Coordinated organic and inorganic nitrogen transformations fuel soil microbial blooms and increase nitrogen retention during snowmelt
Sorensen, P.; Karaoz, U.; Beller, H. R.; Bill, M.; Bouskill, N. J.; Banfield, J. F.; Chu, R. K.; Hoyt, D. W.; Eder, E.; Eloe-Fadrosh, E.; Sharrar, A. M.; Tfaily, M.; Toyoda, J.; Tolic, N.; Wang, S.; Wong, A.; Williams, K. H.; Zhong, Y.; Brodie, E. L.
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Snowmelt in high-elevation watersheds triggers a microbial bloom and crash that affects nitrogen (N) export. Predicting watershed N dynamics as snowpack declines is a challenge because the mechanisms that underlie this microbial bloom and crash are uncertain. Using a multi-omic approach, we show that the dynamic molecular properties of dissolved organic N, plus high gene expression for peptidases that recycle microbial biomass, suggested that microbial turnover provided N for biosynthesis during the microbial bloom. Amino acid fermentation by Bradyrhizobia produced organic acids that also fueled denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia (DNRA) during snowmelt. Nitrification in spring was driven by Spring-Adapted Nitrososphaerales, which utilized ammonium derived from osmolyte degradation by Winter-Adapted Solirubrobacteraceae. High DNRA gene expression after snowmelt suggested significant nitrate retention, increasing watershed N retention potential. However, declining snowfall may compromise microbial regulation of soil N retention, with implications for watershed N export.
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