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Article Dans Une Revue Global Biogeochemical Cycles Année : 2008

Potential cobalt limitation of vitamin B12 synthesis in the North Atlantic Ocean

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While recent studies have confirmed the ecological importance of vitamin B12, it is unclear whether the production of this vitamin could be limited by dissolved Co, a trace metal required for B12 biosynthesis, but found at only subnanomolar concentrations in the open ocean. Herein, we demonstrate that the spatial distribution of dissolved B12 (range: 0.13-5 pmol L−1) in the North Atlantic Ocean follows the abundance of total dissolved Co (range: 15-81 pmol L−1). Similar patterns were observed for bacterial productivity (range: 20-103 pmol 3H leucine L−1 hr−1) and algal biomass (range: 0.4-3.9 μg L−1). In contrast, vitamin B1 concentrations (range: 0.7-30 pM) were decoupled from both Co and B12 concentrations. Cobalt amendment experiments carried out in low-dissolved Co waters (∼20 pmol L−1) enhanced B12 production two-fold over unamended controls. This study provides evidence that B12 synthesis could be limited by the availability of Co in some regions of the world ocean.

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hal-00702673 , version 1 (22-11-2021)

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C. Panzeca, A. Beck, Karine Leblanc, G.T. Taylor, D.A. Hutchins, et al.. Potential cobalt limitation of vitamin B12 synthesis in the North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2008, 22 (GB2029), 7 pp. ⟨10.1029/2007GB003124⟩. ⟨hal-00702673⟩
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