Anammox-based technologies: a review of recent advances, mechanism, and bottlenecks

M Adams, E Issaka, C Chen - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
The removal of nitrogen via the ANAMMOX process is a promising green wastewater
treatment technology, with numerous benefits. The incessant studies on the ANAMMOX …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Genome-based microbial ecology of anammox granules in a full-scale wastewater treatment system

DR Speth, MH in't Zandt, S Guerrero-Cruz… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Partial-nitritation anammox (PNA) is a novel wastewater treatment procedure for energy-
efficient ammonium removal. Here we use genome-resolved metagenomics to build a …

Engineering aspects and practical application of autotrophic nitrogen removal from nitrogen rich streams

SWH Van Hulle, HJP Vandeweyer… - Chemical engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process, discovered 20 years ago, is, in
combination with partial nitritation, ideally suited to treat nitrogen rich waste water streams …

Comparing different reactor configurations for Partial Nitritation/Anammox at low temperatures

EM Gilbert, S Agrawal, T Schwartz, H Horn, S Lackner - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Partial Nitritation/Anammox (PN/A) is a well-established technology for side-stream
nitrogen removal from highly concentrated, warm wastewaters. The focus has now shifted to …

Anammox-based processes: How far have we come and what work remains? A review by bibliometric analysis

MN Kumwimba, T Lotti, E Şenel, X Li, F Suanon - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen contamination remains a severe environmental problem and a major threat to
sustainable development worldwide. A systematic analysis of the literature indicates that the …

Biochemistry and molecular biology of anammox bacteria

MSM Jetten, L Niftrik, M Strous, B Kartal… - Critical reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are one of the latest additions to the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. These bacteria derive their energy for growth from the …

Current state of sewage treatment in China

L **, G Zhang, H Tian - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
The study reported and analyzed the current state of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
in urban China from the aspects of scale, treatment processes, sludge handling …

Anammox—growth physiology, cell biology, and metabolism

B Kartal, L van Niftrik, JT Keltjens… - Advances in microbial …, 2012 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are the last major addition to the
nitrogen-cycle (N-cycle). Because of the presumed inert nature of ammonium under anoxic …

Critical analysis of biomass retention strategies in mainstream and sidestream ANAMMOX-mediated nitrogen removal systems

K Kosgey, K Chandran, J Gokal… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
ANAMMOX (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) represents an energy-efficient process for
biological nitrogen removal, particularly from wastewater streams with low chemical oxygen …