Nitrification

by Ward, Bess B.; Arp, Daniel J.; Klotz, Martin G.

• ISBN13: 9781555814816
• ISBN10: 1555814816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-31
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

Biological nitrification is a key reaction in the global nitrogen cycle (N-cycle). This title provides a comprehensive and authoritative review that is long overdue, particularly with the groundbreaking discovery of the annamox bacteria. Nitrification is a topic with broad appeal, dues to the importance of nitrification in both natural and engineered systems. This volume offers a logical organization from leading microbiologists at the "cutting-edge" of nitrification studies.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Overview	p. 1
Nitrification: an Introduction and Overview of the State of the Field	p. 3
Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria	p. 9
Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	p. 11
Diversity and Environmental Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria	p. 39
Genomics of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Insights into Their Evolution	p. 57
Heterotrophic Nitrification and Nitrifier Denitrification	p. 95
Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea	p. 115
Physiology and Genomics of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea	p. 117
Distribution and Activity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Natural Environments	p. 157
Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidation (Anammox)	p. 179
Metabolism and Genomics of Anammox Bacteria	p. 181
Distribution, Activity, and Ecology of Anammox Bacteria in Aquatic Environments	p. 201
Application of the Anammox Process	p. 237
Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria	p. 265
Metabolism and Genomics of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria: Emphasis on Studies of Pure Cultures and of Nitrobacter Species	p. 267
Diversity, Environmental Genomics, and Ecophysiology of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria	p. 295
Processes, Ecology, and Ecosystems	p. 323
Nitrification in the Ocean	p. 325
Soil Nitrifiers and Nitrification	p. 347
Nitrification in Inland Waters	p. 385
Nitrification in Wastewater Treatment	p. 405
Index	p. 435
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