Ammonia oxidising archaea are among the most abundant living organisms on Earth and
key microbial players in the global nitrogen cycle. They carry out oxidation of ammonia to …

Highlights•Nitrification causes nitrogen losses with impact on crop yield and
environment.•Newly discovered microbes can be important for nitrification in agricultural …

The use of nitrification inhibitors (NI) is a technique which is able to improve N fertilizer use
efficiency, to reduce nitrate leaching and to decrease the emission of the climate‐relevant …

The naturally occurring genetic heterogeneity of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing populations
belonging to the beta subclass of the Proteobacteria was studied by using a newly …

Copper is an essential trace element in living systems, present in the parts per million
concentration range. It is a key cofactor in a diverse array of biological oxidation-reduction …

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 …

Nitrification, a microbial process, is a key component and integral part of the nitrogen (N)
cycle. Soil N is in a constant state of flux, moving and changing chemical forms. During …

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria extract energy for growth from the oxidation of ammonia to
nitrite. Ammonia monooxygenase, which initiates ammonia oxidation, remains enigmatic …

In recent years, substantial progress has been made towards understanding the modes of
action for the specific inhibition of autotrophic NH 3 oxidation. This has included …

Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria Page 1 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
71: 59–67, 1997. 59 c 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands …