A new perspective on microbes formerly known as nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

H Daims, S Lücker, M Wagner - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) catalyze the second step of nitrification, nitrite oxidation to
nitrate, which is an important process of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. NOB were …

The role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide revisited

N Wrage-Mönnig, MA Horn, R Well, C Müller… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrifier denitrification is the reduction of nitrite (NO 2−) by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. This
process may account for up to 100% of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from ammonium (NH …

Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus Nitrospira

H Koch, S Lücker, M Albertsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Nitrospira are a diverse group of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria and among the environmentally
most widespread nitrifiers. However, they remain scarcely studied and mostly uncultured …

A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

S Lücker, M Wagner, F Maixner… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Nitrospira are barely studied and mostly uncultured nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, which are,
according to molecular data, among the most diverse and widespread nitrifiers in natural …

Comparison of oxidation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: nitrite availability as a key factor in niche differentiation

B Nowka, H Daims, E Spieck - Applied and environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitrification has an immense impact on nitrogen cycling in natural ecosystems and in
wastewater treatment plants. Mathematical models function as tools to capture the …

Acyl-homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing and quorum quenching hold promise to determine the performance of biological wastewater treatments: an overview

J Huang, Y Shi, G Zeng, Y Gu, G Chen, L Shi, Y Hu… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication process between cells, in which bacteria secrete
and sense the specific chemicals, and regulate gene expression in response to population …

NxrB encoding the beta subunit of nitrite oxidoreductase as functional and phylogenetic marker for nitrite‐oxidizing Nitrospira

M Pester, F Maixner, D Berry, T Rattei… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
N itrospira are the most widespread and diverse known nitrite‐oxidizing bacteria and key
nitrifiers in natural and engineered ecosystems. Nevertheless, their ecophysiology and …

Nitrification expanded: discovery, physiology and genomics of a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium from the phylum Chloroflexi

DY Sorokin, S Lücker, D Vejmelkova… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) catalyze the second step of nitrification, a major process of
the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, but the recognized diversity of this guild is surprisingly …

Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere: determining interactions and impact on microbially mediated processes and potential applications

P Nardi, HJ Laanbroek, GW Nicol… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Nitrification is the microbial conversion of reduced forms of nitrogen (N) to nitrate (NO3−),
and in fertilized soils it can lead to substantial N losses via NO3− leaching or nitrous oxide …

Various players in the nitrogen cycle: diversity and functions of the microorganisms involved in nitrification and denitrification

M Hayatsu, K Tago, M Saito - Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Microorganisms play important roles in the nitrogen cycles of various ecosystems. Research
has revealed that a greater diversity of microorganisms is involved in the nitrogen cycle than …