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Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria | Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic | ||
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The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments. It contains taxonomically diverse members, | The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments. It contains taxonomically diverse members, | ||
while only a few them have been successfully grown in enrichment cultures. | while only a few them have been successfully grown in enrichment cultures. |
Revision as of 16:00, 13 May 2015
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Planctomycetes
Class: Planctomycetacia
Order: Planctomycetales Family: Brocadiaceae
Genus: Scalindua
Species: Candidatus Scalindua
Description
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic Conditions.
The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments. It contains taxonomically diverse members, while only a few them have been successfully grown in enrichment cultures.
Ecology and Significance
Genome Structure
Metabolism
References
[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.
Figures
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Author
Page authored by Minghung Hsu, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.