Net-zero greenhouse gas emission from wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, opportunities and perspectives

Y He, Y Li, X Li, Y Liu, Y Wang, H Guo, J Hou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Net-zero emission and self-sustaining carbon-neutral have been widely encouraged and
intensively explored in wastewater treatment, as the wastewater industry accounts for …

Towards a more labor-saving way in microbial ammonium oxidation: a review on complete ammonia oxidization (comammox)

G Zhu, X Wang, S Wang, L Yu, G Armanbek… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In the Anthropocene, nitrogen pollution is becoming an increasing challenge for both
mankind and the Earth system. Microbial nitrogen cycling begins with aerobic nitrification …

Nitrogen cycling and microbial cooperation in the terrestrial subsurface

OE Mosley, E Gios, M Close, L Weaver… - The ISME …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The nitrogen cycle plays a major role in aquatic nitrogen transformations, including in the
terrestrial subsurface. However, the variety of transformations remains understudied. To …

Unveiling unique microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrification driver in coastal Antarctica

P Han, X Tang, H Koch, X Dong, L Hou, D Wang… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Largely removed from anthropogenic delivery of nitrogen (N), Antarctica has notably low
levels of nitrogen. Though our understanding of biological sources of ammonia have been …

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities

MY Jung, CJ Sedlacek, KD Kits, AJ Mueller… - The ISME …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate, is an essential process in the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. The first step of nitrification, ammonia oxidation, is performed …

[HTML][HTML] Complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) at pH 3–4 supports stable production of ammonium nitrate from urine

J Pan, J Li, T Zhang, T Liu, K Xu, C Wang, M Zheng - Water Research, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This study developed a new process that stably produced ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3),
an important and commonly used fertilizer, from the source-separated urine by comammox …

How to provide nitrite robustly for anaerobic ammonium oxidation in mainstream nitrogen removal

K Wang, J Li, X Gu, H Wang, X Li… - … Science & Technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Innovation in decarbonizing wastewater treatment is urgent in response to global climate
change. The practical implementation of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) …

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 …

Hydroxylamine production by Alcaligenes faecalis challenges the paradigm of heterotrophic nitrification

WB Lenferink, LR Bakken, MSM Jetten… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Heterotrophic nitrifiers continue to be a hiatus in our understanding of the nitrogen cycle.
Despite their discovery over 50 years ago, the physiology and environmental role of this …

Ubiquitous occurrence and functional dominance of comammox Nitrospira in full-scale wastewater treatment plants

M Zheng, Z Tian, Z Chai, A Zhang, A Gu, G Mu, D Wu… - Water research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The recent discovery of complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) bacteria has
fundamentally upended the traditional two-step nitrification conception, but their functional …