Predominance of comammox bacteria among ammonia oxidizers under low dissolved oxygen condition

M Zheng, G Mu, A Zhang, J Wang, F Chang, J Niu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Although low-oxygen nitrification can significantly cut down the aeration demand in
wastewater treatment plants, little is known about the community dynamics of relevant …

Niche Differentiation of Comammox Nitrospira in the Mudflat and Reclaimed Agricultural Soils Along the North Branch of Yangtze River Estuary

X Wang, L Lu, X Zhou, X Tang, L Kuang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of complete ammonia oxidation (comammox), oxidizing ammonia to nitrate
via nitrite in a single organism, has redefined the traditional recognition of the two-step …

DNA- and RNA-SIP Reveal Nitrospira spp. as Key Drivers of Nitrification in Groundwater-Fed Biofilters

A Gülay, SJ Fowler, K Tatari, B Thamdrup… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification, the oxidative process converting ammonia to nitrite and nitrate, is driven by
microbes and plays a central role in the global nitrogen cycle. Our earlier investigations …

Metagenomic Evidence for the Presence of Comammox Nitrospira-Like Bacteria in a Drinking Water System

AJ Pinto, DN Marcus, UZ Ijaz… - Msphere, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report metagenomic evidence for the presence of a Nitrospira-like organism with the
metabolic potential to perform the complete oxidation of ammonia to nitrate (ie, it is a …

Long solids retention times and attached growth phase favor prevalence of comammox bacteria in nitrogen removal systems

I Cotto, Z Dai, L Huo, CL Anderson, KJ Vilardi, U Ijaz… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of the complete ammonia oxidizing (comammox) bacteria overturns the
traditional two-organism nitrification paradigm which largely underpins the design and …

Co-occurrence and cooperation between comammox and anammox bacteria in a full-scale attached growth municipal wastewater treatment process

K Vilardi, I Cotto, M Bachmann, M Parsons… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cooperation between comammox and anammox bacteria for nitrogen removal has been
recently reported in laboratory-scale systems, including synthetic community constructs; …

Use of Newly Designed Primers for Quantification of Complete Ammonia-Oxidizing (Comammox) Bacterial Clades and Strict Nitrite Oxidizers in the Genus Nitrospira

R Jiang, JG Wang, T Zhu, B Zou… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Complete ammonia-oxidizing (comammox) bacteria play key roles in environmental
nitrogen cycling and all belong to the genus Nitrospira, which was originally believed to …

The long-term effects of using nitrite and urea on the enrichment of comammox bacteria

Y Zhao, J Hu, W Yang, J Wang, Z Jia, P Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery of complete ammonia oxidizer (comammox) was a breakthrough in the study
of nitrification. However, slow growth of comammox bacteria makes it challenging to …

Distribution and Diversity of Comammox Nitrospira in Coastal Wetlands of China

D Sun, X Tang, M Zhao, Z Zhang, L Hou, M Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Complete ammonia oxidizers (comammox), able to individually oxidize ammonia to nitrate,
are considered to play a significant role in the global nitrogen cycle. However, the …

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 …