Comammox

Nitrification is the term describing the conversion of ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate. This process was thought to be carried out by two separate groups of microorganisms.[1] However, complete conversion of ammonia into nitrate by a single microorganism was predicted in 2006 and this hypothetical organism was tentatively named "Comammox" (COMplete AMMonia OXidiser).[2] Almost ten years later the presence of such organisms was discovered within the nitrospira and the nitrogen cycle had to be updated.[3][4] The genomes revealed the presence of genes necessary for ammonia oxidation (e.g. amoA gene and hao cluster).

References

  1. ↑ Winogradsky, Serge (1892). "Contributions a la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification". Arch. Sci. Biol. 1: 87–137.
  2. ↑ Costa, E; Pérez, J; Kreft, JU (May 2006). "Why is metabolic labour divided in nitrification?". Trends in microbiology 14 (5): 213–9. PMID 16621570.
  3. ↑ van Kessel, MA; Speth, DR; Albertsen, M; Nielsen, PH; Op den Camp, HJ; Kartal, B; Jetten, MS; Lücker, S (26 November 2015). "Complete nitrification by a single microorganism.". Nature. PMID 26610025.
  4. ↑ Daims, H; Lebedeva, EV; Pjevac, P; Han, P; Herbold, C; Albertsen, M; Jehmlich, N; Palatinszky, M; Vierheilig, J; Bulaev, A; Kirkegaard, RH; Bergen, MV; Rattei, T; Bendinger, B; Nielsen, PH; Wagner, M (26 November 2015). "Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria.". Nature. PMID 26610024.
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