Quantitative models of nitrogen-fixing organisms

Keisuke Inomura; Curtis Deutsch; Takako Masuda; Ondřej Prášil; Michael J Follows

doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.022

Quantitative models of nitrogen-fixing organisms

Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2020 Nov 21:18:3905-3924. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.022. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Keisuke Inomura¹, Curtis Deutsch¹, Takako Masuda², Ondřej Prášil², Michael J Follows³

Affiliations

¹ School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Institute of Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Opatovický mlýn, Třeboň, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Abstract

Nitrogen-fixing organisms are of importance to the environment, providing bioavailable nitrogen to the biosphere. Quantitative models have been used to complement the laboratory experiments and in situ measurements, where such evaluations are difficult or costly. Here, we review the current state of the quantitative modeling of nitrogen-fixing organisms and ways to enhance the bridge between theoretical and empirical studies.

Keywords: Mathematical model; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen fixers; Oxygen; Photosynthesis; Quantitative model.

Publication types

Review