Nitrite oxidation in wastewater treatment: microbial adaptation and suppression challenges

Z Su, T Liu, J Guo, M Zheng - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microbial nitrite oxidation is the primary pathway that generates nitrate in wastewater
treatment systems and can be performed by a variety of microbes: namely, nitrite-oxidizing …

The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters

DM van Vliet, FAB von Meijenfeldt… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysoxic marine waters (DMW,< 1 μM oxygen) are currently expanding in volume in the
oceans, which has biogeochemical, ecological and societal consequences on a global …

Hydrodynamic disturbance controls microbial community assembly and biogeochemical processes in coastal sediments

YJ Chen, PM Leung, PLM Cook, WW Wong… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The microbial community composition and biogeochemical dynamics of coastal permeable
(sand) sediments differs from cohesive (mud) sediments. Tide-and wave-driven …

[HTML][HTML] Gene duplication drives genome expansion in a major lineage of Thaumarchaeota

PO Sheridan, S Raguideau, C Quince, J Holden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Ammonia-oxidising archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are important organisms in the
nitrogen cycle, but the mechanisms driving their radiation into diverse ecosystems remain …

Optofluidic Raman-activated cell sorting for targeted genome retrieval or cultivation of microbial cells with specific functions

KS Lee, FC Pereira, M Palatinszky, L Behrendt… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Stable isotope labeling of microbial taxa of interest and their sorting provide an efficient and
direct way to answer the question “who does what?” in complex microbial communities …

Physical mixing in coastal waters controls and decouples nitrification via biomass dilution

S Haas, BM Robicheau, S Rakshit… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Nitrification is a central process of the aquatic nitrogen cycle that controls the supply of
nitrate used in other key processes, such as phytoplankton growth and denitrification …

Survival strategies of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in a full-scale WWTP treating mixed landfill leachate containing copper ions and operating at low-intensity of …

Y Yang, CW Herbold, MY Jung, W Qin, M Cai, H Du… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies indicate that ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) may play an important role
in nitrogen removal by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, our knowledge of …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetically and functionally diverse microorganisms reside under the Ross Ice Shelf

C Martínez-Pérez, C Greening, SK Bay… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Throughout coastal Antarctica, ice shelves separate oceanic waters from sunlight by
hundreds of meters of ice. Historical studies have detected activity of nitrifying …

Contribution of Ammonium-Induced Nitrifier Denitrification to N2O in Paddy Fields

Y Qin, S Wang, X Wang, C Liu… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Paddy fields are one of the most important sources of nitrous oxide (N2O), but
biogeochemical N2O production mechanisms in the soil profile remain unclear. Our study …

Exploring the upper pH limits of nitrite oxidation: diversity, ecophysiology, and adaptive traits of haloalkalitolerant Nitrospira

A Daebeler, K Kitzinger, H Koch, CW Herbold… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria of the genus Nitrospira are key players of the biogeochemical
nitrogen cycle. However, little is known about their occurrence and survival strategies in …