Potential roles of anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidation in the nitrogen cycle of wetland ecosystems

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1043-1055

  Zhu, Guibing ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^b   Kuschk, Peter ^c   Ettwig, Katharina F ^b   Yin, Chengqing ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Anammox; Nitrogen cycle; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATIONS; ANAMMOX; ARTIFICIAL WETLAND; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLES; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; METHANE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; WETLAND;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SHORT SURVEY; WETLAND;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

EID: 77950628104     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2451-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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