Table 1 Summary of nanoSIMS analyses, cell dimensions and estimates of N2 fixation rates and growth rates

From: Nitrogen fixation and transfer in open ocean diatom–cyanobacterial symbioses

Diatom symbiont

Time (h)

ROIs (n)

AT % (15N/14N)

Biovolume (μm3)

N2 fix rate (fmol N per cell h1)a

Growth rate (division per day)

Hemiaulus

 

3

0.3789

4.22 × 103

 

0.22

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

0.3726

164

21.0

 

 Vegetative

0.5

1

0.3790

8.72

 

0.22

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

0.3812

37.4

  

 Vegetative

 

1

0.3806

16.4

 

0.23

Hemiaulus

 

3

0.3651

3.49 × 103

 

0.06

 Heterocyst

1

1

0.3761

102

5.88

 

 Vegetative

 

2

0.3607

8.32

 

0.05

Hemiaulus

 

4

0.3759

1.87 × 103

 

0.10

 Heterocyst

1

1

0.3764

85.1

8.94

 

 Vegetative

 

2

0.3737

15.5

 

0.09

Hemiaulus

  

0.3595

1.91 × 103

 

0.03

 Heterocyst

1

1

0.3623

34.3

2.90

 

 Vegetative

 

2

0.3657

8.62

 

0.06

Hemiaulus

 

6

0.4378

4.63 × 103

 

0.11

 Heterocyst

 

1

0.4238

50.0

9.45

 

 Vegetative

3

3

0.4362

6.0

  

 Heterocyst

 

1

0.4508

45.6

 

0.10

Hemiaulus

 

8

0.4576

4.23 × 103

 

0.13

 Heterocyst 1

3

1

0.4104

72.3

10.6

 

 Vegetative

 

2

0.4792

29.6

 

0.16

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

0.4706

44.9

  

Hemiaulus

 

6

0.4523

4.32 × 103

 

0.12

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

0.4118

41.1

  

 Vegetative

3

1

0.4951

11.7

10.3

0.10

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

0.4596

55.0

  

 Vegetative

 

1

0.4485

13.4

 

0.11

Hemiaulus

12

5

0.4739

1.56 × 103

 

0.04

 Heterocyst

 

1

0.4572

13.1

1.41

 

Hemiaulus

 

5

0.4519

1.49 × 103

 

0.04

 Heterocyst

12

1

0.4826

10.4

1.15

 

 Vegetative

 

2

0.4748

5.77

 

0.04

FL Calothrix

 Heterocyst

1

1

0.3570

35.8

0.17

0.06

 Vgetative

 

6

0.3679

28.5

  

FL Richelia

 Heterocyst

12

1

0.4575

44.5

0.12

 

 Vegetative

 

6

0.7415

45.1

 

0.11

FL Crocosphaera

12

19

0.3561–0.4519

65–2.66 × 102

0.02–2.39

0.001–0.15

Hemiaulus

 

3

0.4032

2.39 × 104

  

 Heterocyst 1

0

1

0.3632

9.10 × 102

  

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

0.3951

3.17 × 102

  

Hemiaulus

 

3

0.3494

2.84 × 104

  

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

0.3689

6.84 × 102

  

 Heterocyst 2

0

1

0.3743

4.37 × 102

  

 vegetative

 

1

0.3617

2.34 × 102

  

Hemiaulus

 

4

4.4440

4.41 × 103

 

0.43

 Heterocyst

24

1

1.7900

75.3

47.8

 

 Vegetative

 

2

4.4600

18.9

 

0.43

Hemiaulus

 

3

4.6600

3.12 × 103

 

0.45

 Heterocyst

24

1

2.6810

71.0

38.7

 

 Vegetative

 

3

4.7430

27.4

 

0.46

Hemiaulus

 

6

4.5960

4.31 × 103

 

0.45

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

4.7068

38.7

48.7

 

 Vegetative

24

1

4.7815

7.37

 

0.47

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

4.9327

48.6

  

 Vegetative

 

2

4.9693

28.8

 

0.49

Hemiaulus

 

4

3.1628

2.12 × 103

 

0.15

 heterocyst 1

 

1

3.1141

39.1

9.43

 

 vegetative

48

2

3.8720

41.6

 

0.18

 heterocyst 2

 

1

3.9909

35.8

  

Hemiaulus

 

3

3.0170

4.30 × 103

 

0.14

 Heterocyst

48

1

3.4009

41.9

15.3

 

 Vegetative

 

4

3.5284

23.4

 

0.17

Hemiaulus

 

3

3.0506

4.68 × 103

 

0.14

 Heterocyst

48

1

3.6647

12.1 × 101

16.5

 

 Vegetative

 

3

3.5281

16.6

 

0.33

Hemiaulus

 

4

9.7529

4.40 × 103

 

0.48

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

9.8114

74.0

50.4

 

 Vegetative

76

1

10.655

14.0

 

0.48

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

11.652

68.9

  

 Vegetative

 

1

11.891

33.2

 

0.59

Hemiaulus

 

3

9.6706

4.33 × 103

 

0.48

 Heterocyst

76

1

3.1086

94.8

49.2

 

 Vegetative

 

1

9.0384

41.6

 

0.44

Chaetoceros

 

12

0.3593

nm

  

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

0.3056

11.9

  

 Vegetative

0

13

0.3339

29.6

  

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

0.3417

15.6

  

 Vegetative

 

5

0.3398

44.0

  

Chaetoceros

 

3

7.6500

2.17 × 104

 

0.38

 Heterocyst 1

 

1

4.3552

91.3

71.5

 

 Vegetative

76

3

7.0634

67.0

 

0.35

 Heterocyst 2

 

1

6.5394

70.9

  

 Vegetative

 

10

6.9387

66.7

 

0.32

Climacodium

0

2

0.3797

nm

  

Crocosphaera

 

4

0.3710

55.9

  

Climacodium

76

11

3.1657

1.56 × 105

6.03

0.37

Crocosphaera

 

28

5.3341

65.4

1.62

0.26

  1. Abbreviations: AT%, atom percent; FL, free living (non-symbiotic); nanoSIMS, nanometer scale secondary ion mass spectrometry; nm, not measured; ROIs, regions of interests.
  2. aN2 fixation rates were normalized by number of N2-fixing cell.