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 …

Characterization of the First “Candidatus Nitrotoga” Isolate Reveals Metabolic Versatility and Separate Evolution of Widespread Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria

K Kitzinger, H Koch, S Lücker, CJ Sedlacek, C Herbold… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification is a key process of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle and of biological
wastewater treatment. The second step, nitrite oxidation to nitrate, is catalyzed by …

Critical Factors Facilitating Candidatus Nitrotoga To Be Prevalent Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Activated Sludge

M Zheng, S Li, G Ni, J Xia, S Hu, Z Yuan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrite oxidation is the primary pathway that generates nitrate in engineered systems.
However, little is known about the role of a novel nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) genus …

Comparison of oxidation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: nitrite availability as a key factor in niche differentiation

B Nowka, H Daims, E Spieck - Applied and environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification has an immense impact on nitrogen cycling in natural ecosystems and in
wastewater treatment plants. Mathematical models function as tools to capture the …

Nitrotoga-like bacteria are previously unrecognized key nitrite oxidizers in full-scale wastewater treatment plants

S Lücker, J Schwarz, C Gruber-Dorninger… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Numerous past studies have shown members of the genus Nitrospira to be the predominant
nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in nitrifying wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Only …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) dominating in nitrifying community in full-scale biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment plants

Q Yao, DC Peng - Amb Express, 2017 - Springer
Nitrification activities and microbial populations of ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and
nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) were investigated in 10 full-scale biological nutrient removal …

Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Z Wang, M Zheng, J Meng, Z Hu, G Ni… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxidation of ammonium to nitrite rather than nitrate, ie, nitritation, is critical for autotrophic
nitrogen removal. This study demonstrates a robust nitritation process in treating low …

A new perspective on microbes formerly known as nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

H Daims, S Lücker, M Wagner - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) catalyze the second step of nitrification, nitrite oxidation to
nitrate, which is an important process of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. NOB were …

Effect of nitrite concentration on the distribution and competition of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in nitratation reactor systems and their kinetic characteristics

DJ Kim, SH Kim - Water research, 2006 - Elsevier
Genus Nitrospira and Nitrobacter species are the key nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in
nitrifying wastewater treatment plants. It has been hypothesized that genus Nitrospira are K …

Low Temperature and Neutral pH Define “Candidatus Nitrotoga sp.” as a Competitive Nitrite Oxidizer in Coculture with Nitrospira defluvii

S Wegen, B Nowka, E Spieck - Applied and environmental …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification is an essential process for N removal in activated sludge to avoid toxicity of
ammonium and nitrite. Besides Nitrospira,“Candidatus Nitrotoga” has been identified as a …