Nitrification and nitrifiers in acidic soils

Y Li, SJ Chapman, GW Nicol, H Yao - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrification, as a crucial step in nitrogen cycling and plant nutrition, is a biologically
mediated process responsible for enormous losses of nitrogen fertilizer and a contributor to …

Complete nitrification: insights into the ecophysiology of comammox Nitrospira

H Koch, MAHJ van Kessel, S Lücker - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia via nitrite to nitrate, has been considered to be a
stepwise process mediated by two distinct functional groups of microorganisms. The …

Nitrification and beyond: metabolic versatility of ammonia oxidising archaea

CL Wright, LE Lehtovirta-Morley - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Comparative genomics sheds light on niche differentiation and the evolutionary history of comammox Nitrospira

A Palomo, AG Pedersen, SJ Fowler… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The description of comammox Nitrospira spp., performing complete ammonia-to-nitrate
oxidation, and their co-occurrence with canonical β-proteobacterial ammonia oxidizing …

Niche specialization of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems: Oligotrophic or copiotrophic?

C Li, ZY He, HW Hu, JZ He - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of complete ammonia oxidizers, comammox Nitrospira, represents a
breakthrough in the history of nitrification research. Nitrospira inopinata, which was obtained …

Meta-analysis reveals ammonia-oxidizing bacteria respond more strongly to nitrogen addition than ammonia-oxidizing archaea

CJ Carey, NC Dove, JM Beman, SC Hart… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Shifts in microbial communities driven by anthropogenic nitrogen (N) addition have broad-
scale ecological consequences. However, responses of microbial groups to exogenous N …

Organic matter processing by microbial communities throughout the Atlantic water column as revealed by metaproteomics

K Bergauer, A Fernandez-Guerra… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The phylogenetic composition of the heterotrophic microbial community is depth stratified in
the oceanic water column down to abyssopelagic layers. In the layers below the euphotic …

Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea

W Qin, Y Zheng, F Zhao, Y Wang, H Urakawa… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are among the most abundant and ubiquitous
microorganisms in the ocean, exerting primary control on nitrification and nitrogen oxides …

Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of archaeal ammonia oxidizers

M Kerou, P Offre, L Valledor, SS Abby… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are among the most abundant microorganisms and key
players in the global nitrogen and carbon cycles. They share a common energy metabolism …

Nitrogen and phosphorous acquisition strategies drive coexistence patterns among archaeal lineages in soil

J Zhao, L Huang, S Chakrabarti, J Cooper… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Soil represents the largest reservoir of Archaea on Earth. Present-day archaeal diversity in
soils globally is dominated by members of the class Nitrososphaeria. The evolutionary …