New pathways and processes in the global nitrogen cycle

B Thamdrup - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of the players and pathways of the global nitrogen cycle has advanced
substantially over recent years with discoveries of several new groups of organisms and …

Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation

MMM Kuypers, G Lavik, D Woebken… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
In many oceanic regions, growth of phytoplankton is nitrogen-limited because fixation of N2
cannot make up for the removal of fixed inorganic nitrogen (NH+ 4, NO-2, and NO-3) by …

Anammox bacteria disguised as denitrifiers: nitrate reduction to dinitrogen gas via nitrite and ammonium

B Kartal, MMM Kuypers, G Lavik… - Environmental …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic ammonium‐oxidizing (anammox) bacteria oxidize ammonium with nitrite and
produce N2. They reside in many natural ecosystems and contribute significantly to the …

[PDF][PDF] The marine nitrogen cycle: overview and challenges

N Gruber - Nitrogen in the marine environment, 2008 - soest.hawaii.edu
The marine nitrogen cycle is perhaps the most complex and therefore the most fascinating
among all biogeochemical cycles in the sea. As a limiting element for biological productivity …

Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa

PD Walsh, KA Abernethy, M Bermejo, R Beyers… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Because rapidly expanding human populations have devastated gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) habitats in East and West Africa, the relatively intact …

Faster through training: the anammox case

T Lotti, R Kleerebezem, JM Abelleira-Pereira, B Abbas… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria based technologies are widely applied
for nitrogen removal from warm (25–40° C) wastewater with high ammonium concentrations …

Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol

JR De la Torre, CB Walker, AE Ingalls… - Environmental …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread occurrence and diversity of ammonia oxidizing Archaea suggests their
contribution to the nitrogen cycle is of global significance. Their distribution appeared limited …

Candidatus “Scalindua brodae”, sp. nov., Candidatus “Scalindua wagneri”, sp. nov., two new species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

M Schmid, K Walsh, R Webb, WI Rijpstra… - Systematic and applied …, 2003 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is both a promising process in wastewater
treatment and a long overlooked microbial physiology that can contribute significantly to …

Physiological characteristics of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium 'Candidatus Brocadia sinica'

M Oshiki, M Shimokawa, N Fujii, H Satoh… - …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
The present study investigated the phylogenetic affiliation and physiological characteristics
of bacteria responsible for anaerobic ammonium oxidization (anammox); these bacteria …

Activities and metabolic versatility of distinct anammox bacteria in a full-scale wastewater treatment system

Y Yang, M Azari, CW Herbold, M Li, H Chen, X Ding… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a key N 2-producing process in the global
nitrogen cycle. Major progress in understanding the core mechanism of anammox bacteria …