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 …

Temperature Variations Shape Niche Occupation of Nitrotoga-like Bacteria in Activated Sludge

Y Liu, S Li, G Ni, H Duan, X Huang, Z Yuan… - Acs Es&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Oxidation of nitrite to nitrate is an essential process in wastewater treatment systems.
Previous culturing studies have revealed that a new nitrite-oxidizing Candidatus Nitrotoga …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The enrichment characterisation of Nitrospira under high DO conditions

K Fu, X Zhang, Y Fan, Y Bian, F Qiu… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are crucial to nitrification and nitrogen elimination in
wastewater treatment. Mass reports exist on the links between NOB and other …

Temperature influences the population structure of nitrite‐oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge

M Alawi, S Off, M Kaya, E Spieck - Environmental microbiology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Activated sludge from the municipal waste water treatment plant in Hamburg was seeded
with mineral nitrite medium and incubated at 10° C, 17° C and 28° C. Dominant …

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 …

Inactivation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by free nitrous acid

M Zheng, Z Wang, J Meng, Z Hu, Y Liu, Z Yuan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that free nitrous acid (FNA, ie, HNO 2) is biocidal to many
microorganisms, promoting the development of FNA-based technology in biological …