Extracellular electron transfer-dependent anaerobic oxidation of ammonium by anammox bacteria

Autor: Dario R. Shaw, Muhammad Ali, Krishna P. Katuri, Jeffrey A. Gralnick, Joachim Reimann, Rob Mesman, Laura van Niftrik, Mike S. M. Jetten, Pascal E. Saikaly
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16016-y
Popis: Bacteria capable of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) produce half of the nitrogen gas in the atmosphere, but much of their physiology is still unknown. Here the authors show that anammox bacteria are capable of a novel mechanism of ammonium oxidation using extracellular electron transfer.
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