The role of nitrite and free nitrous acid (FNA) in wastewater treatment plants

Y Zhou, A Oehmen, M Lim, V Vadivelu, WJ Ng - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Nitrite is known to accumulate in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) under certain
environmental conditions. The protonated form of nitrite, free nitrous acid (FNA), has been …

How biology handles nitrite

LB Maia, JJG Moura - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nitrite is one of the players in the broad nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. This nitrogen oxo-
anion is involved in key pathways crucial to life on Earth and to the planetary “recycling” of …

Enrichment and characterization of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of mesophilic crenarchaeal group I. 1a from an agricultural soil

MY Jung, SJ Park, D Min, JS Kim… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil nitrification is an important process for agricultural productivity and environmental
pollution. Though one cultivated representative of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea from soil has …

Mitigating emissions from pig and poultry housing facilities through air scrubbers and biofilters: State-of-the-art and perspectives

C Van der Heyden, P Demeyer, EIP Volcke - Biosystems Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The global intensification of livestock production resulted in potentially higher emissions of
ammonia, odour, particulate matter (PM) and greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and …

Investigation of intertidal wetland sediment as a novel inoculation source for anaerobic saline wastewater treatment

X Shi, KK Ng, XR Li, HY Ng - Environmental science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Biological treatment of saline wastewater is considered unfavorable due to salinity inhibition
on microbial activity. In this study, intertidal wetland sediment (IWS) collected from a high …

Effect of temperature on AOB activity of a partial nitritation SBR treating landfill leachate with extremely high nitrogen concentration

J Gabarró, R Ganigué, F Gich, M Ruscalleda… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of temperature on ammonia oxidizing bacteria activity in a
partial nitritation (PN) sequencing batch reactor. Stable PN was achieved in a 250L SBR …

Impact of inocula and growth mode on the molecular microbial ecology of anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) bioreactor communities

H Park, A Rosenthal, R Jezek, K Ramalingam, J Fillos… - Water Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The composition of distinctly inoculated granular anammox and biofilm-based completely
autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) bioreactors was investigated from start-up …

Cold temperature effects on long-term nitrogen transformation pathway in a tidal flow constructed wetland

Y Pang, Y Zhang, X Yan, G Ji - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The present study investigated long-term treatment performance and nitrogen transformation
mechanisms in tidal flow constructed wetlands (TFCWs) under 4, 8, and 12° C temperature …

The long-term effects of using nitrite and urea on the enrichment of comammox bacteria

Y Zhao, J Hu, W Yang, J Wang, Z Jia, P Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery of complete ammonia oxidizer (comammox) was a breakthrough in the study
of nitrification. However, slow growth of comammox bacteria makes it challenging to …

Pathways and organisms involved in ammonia oxidation and nitrous oxide emission

J Guo, Y Peng, S Wang, B Ma, S Ge… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Ammonia oxidation is a central step in the global nitrogen cycle that involves several
different-conditions and metabolic bioprocesses, including aerobic versus anaerobic …