Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

Recent advances in partial denitrification-anaerobic ammonium oxidation process for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment

H Chen, Z Tu, S Wu, G Yu, C Du, H Wang, E Yang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
To solve the bottleneck of the unstable accumulation of nitrite in the partial nitrification (PN)-
anammox (AMX) in municipal wastewater treatment, a novel process called partial …

Anammox-based technologies for nitrogen removal: advances in process start-up and remaining issues

M Ali, S Okabe - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitrogen removal from wastewater via anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox)-based
process has been recognized as efficient, cost-effective and low energy alternative to the …

Ecology and physiology of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

M Oshiki, H Satoh, S Okabe - Environmental microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a microbial process in which NH4+ is
oxidized to N2 gas with NO2− as an electron acceptor. The anammox process is mediated …

Ecological niche differentiation among anammox bacteria

L Zhang, S Okabe - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria can directly convert ammonium and
nitrite to nitrogen gas anaerobically and were responsible for a substantial part of the fixed …

Performance of anammox processes for wastewater treatment: a critical review on effects of operational conditions and environmental stresses

S Cho, C Kambey, VK Nguyen - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process is well-known as a low-energy
consuming and eco-friendly technology for treating nitrogen-rich wastewater. Although the …

Inhibition of wastewater pollutants on the anammox process: a review

DQ Huang, JJ Fu, ZY Li, NS Fan, RC ** - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process has been recognized as an
efficient nitrogen removal technology. However, anammox bacteria are susceptible to …

Maximum specific growth rate of anammox bacteria revisited

L Zhang, Y Narita, L Gao, M Ali, M Oshiki, S Okabe - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Anammox bacteria have long been considered to be slow-growing bacteria. However, it has
recently been reported that they could grow much faster than previously thought when they …

Anammox bacteria in treating ammonium rich wastewater: Recent perspective and appraisal

C Weralupitiya, R Wanigatunge, S Joseph… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery of anammox process has provided eco-friendly and low-cost means of
treating ammonia rich wastewater with remarkable efficiency. Furthermore, recent studies …

Exploration and verification of the feasibility of sulfide-driven partial denitrification coupled with anammox for wastewater treatment

YF Deng, D Wu, H Huang, YX Cui… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) is a well-developed biotechnology for treating
high-strength ammonium wastewaters. Recently, partial denitrification has been considered …