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 …

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 …

Complete nitrification by a single microorganism

MAHJ Van Kessel, DR Speth, M Albertsen, PH Nielsen… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Nitrification is a two-step process where ammonia is first oxidized to nitrite by ammonia-
oxidizing bacteria and/or archaea, and subsequently to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria …

Nitrous oxide production by ammonia oxidizers: physiological diversity, niche differentiation and potential mitigation strategies

JI Prosser, L Hink, C Gubry‐Rangin… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria and archaea is responsible for global emissions
of nitrous oxide directly and indirectly through provision of nitrite and, after further oxidation …

A comprehensive review of aliphatic hydrocarbon biodegradation by bacteria

F Abbasian, R Lockington, M Mallavarapu… - Applied biochemistry and …, 2015 - Springer
Hydrocarbons are relatively recalcitrant compounds and are classified as high-priority
pollutants. However, these compounds are slowly degraded by a large variety of …

The consequences of niche and physiological differentiation of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidisers for nitrous oxide emissions

L Hink, C Gubry-Rangin, GW Nicol… - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
High and low rates of ammonium supply are believed to favour ammonia-oxidising bacteria
(AOB) and archaea (AOA), respectively. Although their contrasting affinities for ammonium …

Archaea produce lower yields of N2O than bacteria during aerobic ammonia oxidation in soil

L Hink, GW Nicol, JI Prosser - Environmental microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen fertilisation of agricultural soil contributes significantly to emissions of the potent
greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), which is generated during denitrification and, in oxic …

Comammox Nitrospira play an active role in nitrification of agricultural soils amended with nitrogen fertilizers

C Li, HW Hu, QL Chen, D Chen, JZ He - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of complete ammonia oxidizers (comammox Nitrospira) challenged the
paradigm of the two-step nitrification mediated by two distinct groups of nitrifiers, and raised …

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are more responsive than archaea to nitrogen source in an agricultural soil

Y Ouyang, JM Norton, JM Stark, JR Reeve… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the majority of agricultural soils, ammonium (NH 4+) is rapidly converted to nitrate (NO 3−)
in the biological ammonia and nitrite oxidation processes known as nitrification. The often …

Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere: determining interactions and impact on microbially mediated processes and potential applications

P Nardi, HJ Laanbroek, GW Nicol… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
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 …