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Anaerobic Digestate: A Sustainable Source of Bio-fertilizer
Intensive use of inorganic fertilizers has provoked risk to the well-being of humans and their surroundings including high cost, high carbon (C)...
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A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate
The stable nitrogen isotope ( 15 N) analysis of ammonium (NH 4 + ) and nitrate (NO 3 – ) is widely used in ecological research, providing insights into N...
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Nitrogen Metabolism
Nitrogen is one of the most important macronutrients required by plants. All proteins consist of nitrogen-containing amino acids. Heme components of...
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Relevance of Candidatus Nitrotoga for nitrite oxidation in technical nitrogen removal systems
AbstractMany biotechnological applications deal with nitrification, one of the main steps of the global nitrogen cycle. The biological oxidation of...
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Potential soil methane oxidation in naturally regenerated oak-dominated temperate deciduous forest stands responds to soil water status regardless of their age—an intact core incubation study
Key messagePotential CH 4 oxidation in the top soil layer increased with decreasing soil water content in spring but was inhibited during severe...
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Treatment of Synthetic Ammonium Sulfate Wastewater by Mixed Culture of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Enriched Nitrobacteria
Ammonium sulfate wastewater can cause eutrophication and black odor of water body. Although ammonia nitrogen can be used as nutrient of microalgae,...
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Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to manganese reduction by members of the Methanoperedenaceae
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a major biological process that reduces global methane emission to the atmosphere. Anaerobic methanotrophic...
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Distribution of inorganic nitrogenous species and nitrification in the mangrove environment of the Indian Sundarbans
Nitrification is a vital biogeochemical process during which ammonium (NH 4 + ) is oxidized to nitrite (NO 2 − ) and nitrate (NO 3 − ) using oxygen....
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Conversion of full nitritation to partial nitritation/anammox in a continuous granular reactor for low-strength ammonium wastewater treatment at 20 °C
The feasibility of converting full nitritation to partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A) at ambient temperature (20 °C) was investigated in a continuous...
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Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in river water treatment wetland
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria play an essential part in nitrogen removal in constructed wetlands. The objective of the present...
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Enrichment and physiological characterization of a novel comammox Nitrospira indicates ammonium inhibition of complete nitrification
The recent discovery of bacteria within the genus Nitrospira capable of complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) demonstrated that the sequential...
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Onsite anaerobic treatment of aquaponics lettuce waste: digestion efficiency and nutrient recovery
Aquaponics plant waste, such as the non-edible parts of many vegetable crops, can be a source of environmental pollution, while its treatment might...
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Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Granular sludgeGranular sludge reduces costsCosts for biological nutrient removalBiological nutrient removal (BNRBNR) from wastewaterWastewater. The...
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Desulfurivibrio spp. mediate sulfur-oxidation coupled to Sb(V) reduction, a novel biogeochemical process
Antimony (Sb) contamination released from mine tailings represents a global threat to natural ecosystems and human health. The geochemical conditions...
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Functional players involved in the distinct nitrogen metabolism in two geographically different paddy soils
Black paddy soil (BP) and gleyed paddy soil (GP) are typical rice-planting soils distributed in two different climatic zones in China. The nitrogen...
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Ammonium Assimilation and Metabolism in Rice
Rice sustains the world. It is a staple food in most Asian countries. Both a high yield and healthy growth of rice are highly dependent on nitrogen...
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Alcohol dehydrogenase system acts as the sole pathway for methanol oxidation in Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii strain TPOSR
Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii is a thermophilic, spore-forming sulphate-reducing bacterium in the family Peptococcaceae . In this study, we describe a...
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Achieving high-rate partial nitritation with aerobic granular sludge at low temperatures
Partial nitritation is necessary for the implementation of the mainstream anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) process in wastewater treatment...
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Spatial and vertical distribution of aerobic and anaerobic dark inorganic carbon fixation in coastal tropical lake sediments
The process of chemosynthesis can represent an important source of organic matter and energy across the benthic zone. However, its detailed vertical...
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A metabolic and physiological design study of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 capable of anaerobic respiration
BackgroundPseudomonas putida KT2440 is a metabolically versatile, HV1-certified, genetically accessible, and thus interesting microbial chassis for...
