Expanded diversity and metabolic versatility of marine nitrite-oxidizing bacteria revealed by cultivation-and genomics-based approaches

SJ Park, AŞ Andrei, PA Bulzu… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are ubiquitous and abundant microorganisms that play key
roles in global nitrogen and carbon biogeochemical cycling. Despite recent advances in …

Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus

J Füssel, S Lücker, P Yilmaz, B Nowka… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) have conventionally been regarded as a highly specialized
functional group responsible for the production of nitrate in the environment. However …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of the first “Candidatus Nitrotoga” isolate reveals metabolic versatility and separate evolution of widespread nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. mBio 9 …

K Kitzinger, H Koch, S Lücker, CJ Sedlacek… - Klotz, MG, Arp, DJ …, 2018 - academia.edu
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 …

Genomic profiling of four cultivated Candidatus Nitrotoga spp. predicts broad metabolic potential and environmental distribution

AM Boddicker, AC Mosier - The ISME Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) play a critical role in the mitigation of nitrogen pollution by
metabolizing nitrite to nitrate, which is removed via assimilation, denitrification, or anammox …

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 …

Nitrification expanded: discovery, physiology and genomics of a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium from the phylum Chloroflexi

DY Sorokin, S Lücker, D Vejmelkova… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) catalyze the second step of nitrification, a major process of
the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, but the recognized diversity of this guild is surprisingly …

Genomic and kinetic analysis of novel Nitrospinae enriched by cell sorting

AJ Mueller, MY Jung, CR Strachan… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are key players in global nitrogen
and carbon cycling. Members of the phylum Nitrospinae are the most abundant, known NOB …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Genome of Nitrospina gracilis Illuminates the Metabolism and Evolution of the Major Marine Nitrite Oxidizer

S Lücker, B Nowka, T Rattei, E Spieck… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In marine systems, nitrate is the major reservoir of inorganic fixed nitrogen. The only known
biological nitrate-forming reaction is nitrite oxidation, but despite its importance, our …

Diversity, environmental genomics, and ecophysiology of nitrite‐oxidizing bacteria

H Daims, S Lücker, DL Paslier, M Wagner - Nitrification, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive biological understanding of nitrite‐oxidizing bacteria (NOB) will be
important to improve the functional stability of wastewater treatment systems and to reduce …