A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream

Z Wang, M Zheng, H Duan, Z Yuan… - Environmental Science & …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Ana erobic amm onium ox idation (anammox) was discovered as a new microbial reaction in
the late 1990s, which led to the development of an innovative energy-and carbon-efficient …

The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

DA Hutchins, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022‏ - nature.com
The ocean is home to a diverse and metabolically versatile microbial community that
performs the complex biochemical transformations that drive the nitrogen cycle, including …

Specialized metabolic functions of keystone taxa sustain soil microbiome stability

W Xun, Y Liu, W Li, Y Ren, W **ong, Z Xu, N Zhang… - Microbiome, 2021‏ - Springer
Background The relationship between biodiversity and soil microbiome stability remains
poorly understood. Here, we investigated the impacts of bacterial phylogenetic diversity on …

Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands

M Bahram, M Espenberg, J Pärn… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Wetland soils are the greatest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a critical greenhouse gas and
ozone depleter released by microbes. Yet, microbial players and processes underlying the …

Nitrite oxidation in wastewater treatment: microbial adaptation and suppression challenges

Z Su, T Liu, J Guo, M Zheng - Environmental science & technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Microbial nitrite oxidation is the primary pathway that generates nitrate in wastewater
treatment systems and can be performed by a variety of microbes: namely, nitrite-oxidizing …

Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium

X Yao, J Wang, M He, Z Liu, Y Zhao, Y Li, T Chi… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Methane-dependent nitrate and nitrite removal in anoxic environments is thought to rely on
syntrophy between ANME-2d archaea and bacteria in the genus 'Candidatus …

Changes in soil bacterial and fungal community composition and functional groups during the succession of boreal forests

S Jiang, Y **ng, G Liu, C Hu, X Wang, G Yan… - Soil Biology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Clarifying the response of soil microbial communities and their potential functions during
succession is of great significance for understanding the biogeochemical processes and the …

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 …

The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

MMM Kuypers, HK Marchant, B Kartal - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Nitrogen is an essential component of all living organisms and the main nutrient limiting life
on our planet. By far, the largest inventory of freely accessible nitrogen is atmospheric …

A social niche breadth score reveals niche range strategies of generalists and specialists

FAB von Meijenfeldt, P Hogeweg… - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023‏ - nature.com
Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …