Nitrous oxide production by ammonia oxidizers: physiological diversity, niche differentiation and potential mitigation strategies

JI Prosser, L Hink, C Gubry‐Rangin… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria and archaea is responsible for global emissions
of nitrous oxide directly and indirectly through provision of nitrite and, after further oxidation …

Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates

HW Hu, D Chen, JZ He - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The continuous increase of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere due
to increasing anthropogenic nitrogen input in agriculture has become a global concern. In …

Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

KD Kits, CJ Sedlacek, EV Lebedeva, P Han, A Bulaev… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia (NH3) via nitrite (NO2−) to nitrate (NO3−), is a key
process of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. For decades, ammonia and nitrite oxidation …

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities

MY Jung, CJ Sedlacek, KD Kits, AJ Mueller… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate, is an essential process in the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. The first step of nitrification, ammonia oxidation, is performed …

Archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidisers in soil: the quest for niche specialisation and differentiation

JI Prosser, GW Nicol - Trends in microbiology, 2012 - cell.com
Autotrophic archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidisers (AOA and AOB) drive soil nitrification.
Ammonia limitation, mixotrophy, and pH have been suggested as factors providing niche …

The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

The consequences of niche and physiological differentiation of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidisers for nitrous oxide emissions

L Hink, C Gubry-Rangin, GW Nicol… - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
High and low rates of ammonium supply are believed to favour ammonia-oxidising bacteria
(AOB) and archaea (AOA), respectively. Although their contrasting affinities for ammonium …

Archaea produce lower yields of N2O than bacteria during aerobic ammonia oxidation in soil

L Hink, GW Nicol, JI Prosser - Environmental microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen fertilisation of agricultural soil contributes significantly to emissions of the potent
greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), which is generated during denitrification and, in oxic …

Enrichment and physiological characterization of a novel comammox Nitrospira indicates ammonium inhibition of complete nitrification

D Sakoula, H Koch, J Frank, MSM Jetten… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The recent discovery of bacteria within the genus Nitrospira capable of complete ammonia
oxidation (comammox) demonstrated that the sequential oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via …

Comammox—a newly discovered nitrification process in the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

HW Hu, JZ He - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Nitrification, the microbial oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, is a pivotal
component of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. Nitrification was conventionally assumed …