Sustainable nitrogen removal in anammox-mediated systems: Microbial metabolic pathways, operational conditions and mathematical modelling

HE Al-Hazmi, X Lu, D Grubba, J Majtacz… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anammox-mediated systems have attracted considerable attention as alternative cost-
effective technologies for sustainable nitrogen (N) removal from wastewater. This review …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Heterotrophic nitrification–An eternal mystery in the nitrogen cycle

PJ Martikainen - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that heterotrophic nitrification was identified more than 100 years ago, the
biochemistry of heterotrophic nitrifiers is poorly known and their contribution to nitrification in …

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 …

Integrating conventional nitrogen removal with anammox in wastewater treatment systems: Microbial metabolism, sustainability and challenges

HE Al-Hazmi, GK Hassan, M Maktabifard… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The various forms of nitrogen (N), including ammonium (NH 4+), nitrite (NO 2−), and nitrate
(NO 3−), present in wastewaters can create critical biotic stress and can lead to hazardous …

[HTML][HTML] AmoA-Targeted Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for the Specific Detection and Quantification of Comammox Nitrospira in the Environment

P Pjevac, C Schauberger, L Poghosyan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia via nitrite to nitrate, has always been considered to be
catalyzed by the concerted activity of ammonia-and nitrite-oxidizing microorganisms. Only …

[HTML][HTML] Unifying the global phylogeny and environmental distribution of ammonia-oxidising archaea based on amoA genes

RJE Alves, BQ Minh, T Urich, A von Haeseler… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) are ubiquitous and abundant in nature and play a major
role in nitrogen cycling. AOA have been studied intensively based on the amoA gene …

Diversity, physiology, and niche differentiation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea

R Hatzenpichler - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification, the aerobic oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, has been suggested to
have been a central part of the global biogeochemical nitrogen cycle since the oxygenation …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater recirculating aquaculture system operations drive biofilter bacterial community shifts around a stable nitrifying consortium of ammonia-oxidizing …

RP Bartelme, SL McLellan, RJ Newton - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are unique engineered ecosystems that minimize
environmental perturbation by reducing nutrient pollution discharge. RAS typically employ a …

Ammonia oxidation: ecology, physiology, biochemistry and why they must all come together

LE Lehtovirta-Morley - FEMS microbiology letters, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ammonia oxidation is a fundamental core process in the global biogeochemical nitrogen
cycle. Oxidation of ammonia (NH3) to nitrite (NO2−) is the first and rate-limiting step in …