Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea

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2009-09-01

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Bayramoğlu, Tuba Hande
Wittebolle, Lieven
Marzorati, Massimo
Verstraete, Willy

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For more than 100 years it was believed that bacteria were the only group responsible for the oxidation of ammonia. However, recently, a new strain of archaea bearing a putative ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) gene and able to oxidize ammonia was isolated from a marine aquarium tank. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) were subsequently discovered in many ecosystems of varied characteristics and even found as the predominant causal organisms in some environments. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the environmental conditions related to the presence of AOA and discuss the possible site-related properties. Considering these data, we deduct the possible niches of AOA based on pH, sulfide and phosphate levels. It is proposed that the AOA might be important actors within the nitrogen cycle in low-nutrient, low-pH, and sulfide-containing environments.

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Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, Ammonium, Anammox, Crenarchaeota, Dissolved oxygen, Phosphorous

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34525

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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00179.x

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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T. H. Bayramoğlu, L. Wittebolle, M. Marzorati, and W. Verstraete, “Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea,” FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS, pp. 855–869, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34525.