Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium.
Journal
The ISME journal
ISSN: 1751-7370
Titre abrégé: ISME J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101301086
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2021
04 2021
Historique:
received:
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06
2020
accepted:
11
11
2020
revised:
03
11
2020
pubmed:
12
12
2020
medline:
22
4
2021
entrez:
11
12
2020
Statut:
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Résumé
Ammonia oxidation was considered impossible under highly acidic conditions, as the protonation of ammonia leads to decreased substrate availability and formation of toxic nitrogenous compounds. Recently, some studies described archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers growing at pH as low as 4, while environmental studies observed nitrification at even lower pH values. In this work, we report on the discovery, cultivation, and physiological, genomic, and transcriptomic characterization of a novel gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium enriched via continuous bioreactor cultivation from an acidic air biofilter that was able to grow and oxidize ammonia at pH 2.5. This microorganism has a chemolithoautotrophic lifestyle, using ammonia as energy source. The observed growth rate on ammonia was 0.196 day
Identifiants
pubmed: 33303933
doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00840-7
pii: 10.1038/s41396-020-00840-7
pmc: PMC8115276
doi:
Substances chimiques
Ammonia
7664-41-7
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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