Constructed wetlands for pollution control

H Wu, R Wang, P Yan, S Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial wetlands are used in over 50 countries to sustainably treat wastewater. These
constructed wetlands (CWs) make use of natural biogeochemical and physical processes to …

Microbial functional genes involved in nitrogen fixation, nitrification and denitrification in forest ecosystems

DJ Levy-Booth, CE Prescott, SJ Grayston - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The understanding of nitrogen (N) cycling in forest ecosystems has undergone a major shift
in the past decade as molecular methods are being used to link microorganisms to key …

Ecology of nitrogen fixing, nitrifying, and denitrifying microorganisms in tropical forest soils

S Pajares, BJM Bohannan - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Soil microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen cycling within forest ecosystems.
Current research has revealed that a wider variety of microorganisms, with unexpected …

Nitrous oxide emission during wastewater treatment

MJ Kampschreur, H Temmink, R Kleerebezem… - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas, can be emitted during wastewater treatment,
significantly contributing to the greenhouse gas footprint. Measurements at lab-scale and full …

Mechanisms of N2O production in biological wastewater treatment under nitrifying and denitrifying conditions

P Wunderlin, J Mohn, A Joss, L Emmenegger… - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas and a major sink for stratospheric
ozone. In biological wastewater treatment, microbial processes such as autotrophic …

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: a model for molecular microbial ecology

GA Kowalchuk, JR Stephen - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The eutrophication of many ecosystems in recent decades has led to an increased
interest in the ecology of nitrogen transformation. Chemolitho-autotrophic ammonia …

Diversity, structure, and size of N2O-producing microbial communities in soils—what matters for their functioning?

G Braker, R Conrad - Advances in applied microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is mainly generated via nitrification and denitrification processes in
soils and subsequently emitted into the atmosphere where it causes well-known radiative …

Nitric oxide: the versatility of an extensive signal molecule

L Lamattina, C García-Mata, M Graziano… - Annual review of …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
Nitric oxide (NO) is a small highly diffusible gas and a ubiquitous bioactive molecule. Its
chemical properties make NO a versatile signal molecule that functions through interactions …

Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

M Stieglmeier, M Mooshammer, B Kitzler… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Soil emissions are largely responsible for the increase of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous
oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere and are generally attributed to the activity of nitrifying and …

Maximum use of resources present in domestic “used water”

W Verstraete, P Van de Caveye, V Diamantis - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Environmental protection and the sustainable management of natural resources stand at the
foreground of economic and technological activities worldwide. Current sewage …