Comammox—a newly discovered nitrification process in the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

Nitrifier-induced denitrification is an important source of soil nitrous oxide and can be inhibited by a nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate

(2017) Xiuzhen Shi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial nitrous oxide emissions in dryland ecosystems: mechanisms, microbiome and mitigation

(2017) Hang-Wei Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

(2017) K. Dimitri Kits et al.   NATURE

Comammox in drinking water systems

(2017) Yulin Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Freshwater Recirculating Aquaculture System Operations Drive Biofilter Bacterial Community Shifts around a Stable Nitrifying Consortium of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Comammox Nitrospira

(2017) Ryan P. Bartelme et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

AmoA-Targeted Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for the Specific Detection and Quantification of Comammox Nitrospira in the Environment

(2017) Petra Pjevac et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genome-Enabled Insights into the Ecophysiology of the Comammox Bacterium “ Candidatus Nitrospira nitrosa”

(2017) Pamela Y. Camejo et al.   mSystems

Effects of the Nitrification Inhibitor 3,4-Dimethylpyrazole Phosphate on Nitrification and Nitrifiers in Two Contrasting Agricultural Soils

(2016) Xiuzhen Shi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Novel nitrifiers and comammox in a full-scale hybrid biofilm and activated sludge reactor revealed by metagenomic approach

(2016) Yuanqing Chao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Archaea produce lower yields of N2 O than bacteria during aerobic ammonia oxidation in soil

(2016) Linda Hink et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of comammox bacteria in full-scale wastewater treatment bioreactors using tag-454-pyrosequencing

(2016) Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Metagenomic analysis of rapid gravity sand filter microbial communities suggests novel physiology of Nitrospira spp.

(2016) Alejandro Palomo et al.   ISME Journal

The do-it-all nitrifier

(2016) A. E. Santoro   SCIENCE

A New Perspective on Microbes Formerly Known as Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria

(2016) Holger Daims et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity, abundance and activity of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in fine particulate matter

(2016) Jing-Feng Gao et al.   Scientific Reports

Coupling of soil prokaryotic diversity and plant diversity across latitudinal forest ecosystems

(2016) Jun-Tao Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

A division of labour combined

(2015) Marcel M. M. Kuypers   NATURE

Cyanate as an energy source for nitrifiers

(2015) Marton Palatinszky et al.   NATURE

Do it yourself nitrification

(2015) Cláudio Nunes-Alves   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genusNitrospira

(2015) Hanna Koch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Water addition regulates the metabolic activity of ammonia oxidizers responding to environmental perturbations in dry subhumid ecosystems

(2014) Hang-Wei Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functionally relevant diversity of closely related Nitrospira in activated sludge

(2014) Christiane Gruber-Dorninger et al.   ISME Journal

Differential contributions of ammonia oxidizers and nitrite oxidizers to nitrification in four paddy soils

(2014) Baozhan Wang et al.   ISME Journal

Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

(2014) Michaela Stieglmeier et al.   ISME Journal

NxrBencoding the beta subunit of nitrite oxidoreductase as functional and phylogenetic marker for nitrite-oxidizingNitrospira

(2013) Michael Pester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Niche differentiation of ammonia oxidizers and nitrite oxidizers in rice paddy soil

(2013) Xiubin Ke et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

pH-dependent distribution of soil ammonia oxidizers across a large geographical scale as revealed by high-throughput pyrosequencing

(2013) Hang-Wei Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Enrichment and Genome Sequence of the Group I.1a Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon “Ca. Nitrosotenuis uzonensis” Representing a Clade Globally Distributed in Thermal Habitats

(2013) Elena V. Lebedeva et al.   PLoS One

The genome of the ammonia-oxidizingCandidatusNitrososphaera gargensis: insights into metabolic versatility and environmental adaptations

(2012) Anja Spang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Urease gene-containingArchaeadominate autotrophic ammonia oxidation in two acid soils

(2012) Lu Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role for urea in nitrification by polar marine Archaea

(2012) L. Alonso-Saez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fermentation, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Multiple Uncultivated Bacterial Phyla

(2012) K. C. Wrighton et al.   SCIENCE

Current insights into the autotrophic thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation in acidic soils

(2012) Ji-Zheng He et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidisers in soil: the quest for niche specialisation and differentiation

(2012) James I. Prosser et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Enrichment and Characterization of an Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon of Mesophilic Crenarchaeal Group I.1a from an Agricultural Soil

(2011) Man-Young Jung et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have more important role than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia oxidation of strongly acidic soils

(2011) Li-Mei Zhang et al.   ISME Journal

Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil

(2011) L. E. Lehtovirta-Morley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil

(2011) M. Tourna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cultivation of Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea from Marine Sediments in Coculture with Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria

(2010) B.-J. Park et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Nitrosomonas Nm143-like ammonia oxidizers and Nitrospira marina-like nitrite oxidizers dominate the nitrifier community in a marine aquaculture biofilm

(2009) Bärbel U. Foesel et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Ammonia oxidation kinetics determine niche separation of nitrifying Archaea and Bacteria

(2009) Willm Martens-Habbena et al.   NATURE

The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria

(2008) Graeme W. Nicol et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY