DNRA: a short-circuit in biological N-cycling to conserve nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems

CB Pandey, U Kumar, M Kaviraj, KJ Minick… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in soils-a newly
appreciated pathway of nitrogen (N) cycling in the terrestrial ecosystems. The reduction of …

Ecology of nitrogen fixing, nitrifying, and denitrifying microorganisms in tropical forest soils

S Pajares, BJM Bohannan - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Soil microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen cycling within forest ecosystems.
Current research has revealed that a wider variety of microorganisms, with unexpected …

Nitrogen recovery through fermentative dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA): carbon source comparison and metabolic pathway

Y Zhao, Q Li, Q Cui, SQ Ni - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) process was known as a short
circuit in nitrogen cycle, a key step in recovering nitrogen from nitrate wastewater, and has …

Soil redox dynamics under dynamic hydrologic regimes-A review

Z Zhang, A Furman - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Electron transfer (redox) reactions, mediated by soil microbiota, modulate elemental cycling
and, in part, establish the redox poise of soil systems. Understanding soil redox processes …

Nitrogen loss from soil through anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to iron reduction

WH Yang, KA Weber, WL Silver - Nature Geoscience, 2012 - nature.com
The oxidation of ammonium is a key step in the nitrogen cycle, regulating the production of
nitrate, nitrous oxide and dinitrogen. In marine and freshwater ecosystems, anaerobic …

Assessment of the importance of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium for the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

T Rütting, P Boeckx, C Müller, L Klemedtsson - Biogeosciences, 2011 - bg.copernicus.org
The nitrogen (N) cycle contains two different processes of dissimilatory nitrate (NO 3−)
reduction, denitrification and dissimilatory NO 3− reduction to ammonium (DNRA). While …

Global drivers and patterns of microbial abundance in soil

HM Serna‐Chavez, N Fierer… - Global Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim While soil microorganisms play key roles in E arth's biogeochemical cycles,
methodological constraints and sparse data have hampered our ability to describe and …

Microbial community structure varies across soil organic matter aggregate pools during tropical land cover change

AP Smith, E Marín-Spiotta, MA De Graaff… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms regulate multiple input and loss pathways of soil carbon (C); hence,
changes in microbial communities are expected to affect soil organic matter (SOM) cycling …

Microbial communities acclimate to recurring changes in soil redox potential status

KM DeAngelis, WL Silver… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Rapidly fluctuating environmental conditions can significantly stress organisms, particularly
when fluctuations cross thresholds of normal physiological tolerance. Redox potential …

Consider the anoxic microsite: acknowledging and appreciating spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity in soils and sediments

EM Lacroix, M Aeppli, K Boye, E Brodie… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions underlie essentially all biogeochemical cycles. Like
most soil properties and processes, redox is spatiotemporally heterogeneous. However …