Publications by authors named "Choaro D Dithugoe"
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- The biological carbon pump (BCP) in the Southern Ocean relies on phytoplankton productivity and is a key organic matter sink, but the impact of bacteria and archaea on its efficiency is not well understood.
- Researchers analyzed metagenomes from marine particles to explore this relationship, finding that bacteria associated with sinking particles had more genes for degrading complex organic carbon than those in suspended particles.
- The study reveals how prokaryotes contribute to the cycling of carbon and nitrogen, highlighting their crucial role in the BCP and the overall organic matter export in the Southern Ocean.
The Southern Ocean (SO) distributes climate signals and nutrients worldwide, playing a pivotal role in global carbon sequestration. Microbial communities are essential mediators of primary productivity and carbon sequestration, yet we lack a comprehensive understanding of microbial diversity and functionality in the SO. Here, we examine contemporary studies in this unique polar system, focusing on prokaryotic communities and their relationships with other trophic levels (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiocatalytic production of lactones, and in particular ϵ-caprolactone (CL), have gained increasing interest as a greener route to polymer building blocks, especially through the use of Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs). Despite several advances in the field, BVMOs, however, still suffer several practical limitations. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-mediated lactonization of diols in turn has received far less attention and very few enzymes have been identified for the conversion of diols to lactones, with horse-liver ADH (HLADH) remaining the catalyst of choice.
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