Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Innovation in decarbonizing wastewater treatment is urgent in response to global climate
change. The practical implementation of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) …

Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are
very slowly degraded without molecular oxygen. Here, we review the recent advances in the …

Over the last 70 years, prebiotic chemists have been very successful in synthesizing the
molecules of life, from amino acids to nucleotides. Yet there is strikingly little resemblance …

Hydrocarbons are abundant in anoxic environments and pose biochemical challenges to
their anaerobic degradation by microorganisms. Within the framework of the Priority …

Methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) catalyzes the first step in methanol use by methylotrophic
bacteria and the second step in methane conversion by methanotrophs. Gram-negative …

A committee of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) has reviewed and
updated the description of Special Regions on Mars as places where terrestrial organisms …

Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit methane. Since methane is a potent
greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, the abatement of the emission is …

Methane, a carbon source for methanotrophic bacteria, is the principal component of natural
gas and is produced during anaerobic digestion of organic matter (biogas). Methanotrophs …

Nitrate is a key node in the network of the assimilatory and respiratory nitrogen pathways. As
one of the 'fixed'forms of nitrogen, nitrate plays an essential role in both nature and industry …