Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans

Classification

Higher order taxa

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Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Genus species

Description and significance

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Genome structure

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Cell structure and metabolism

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Application to Biotechnology

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Current Research

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

1. Butler M.K., Op den Camp H.J.M., Harhangi H.R., Lafi F.F., Strous M., Fuerst J.A. “Close relationship of RNase P RNA in Gemmata and anammox planctomycete bacteria”. Federation of European Microbiological Societies. 2007. Volume 268. p. 244-253.

2. Francis C.A., Beman J.M., Kuypers M.M.M. “New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation”. The ISME Journal. 2007. Volume 1. p. 19-27.

3. Jetten M.S.M., Wagner M., Fuerst J., vanLoosdrecht M., Kuenen G., Strous M. “Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (‘anammox’) process”. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2001. Volume 12. p. 283-288.

4. Kuypers M.M.M., Sliekers A.O., Lavik G., Schmid M., Jorgensen B.B., Kuenen J. G., Damste J.S.S., Strous M., Jetten M.S.M. “Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria in the Black Sea”. Nature. 2003. Volume 422 p. 608-611.

5. Mulder A., van de Graaf A.A., Robertson L.A., Kuenen J.G. “Anaerobic ammonium oxidation discovered in a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor”. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 1995. Volume 16. p. 177-184.

6. Schmidt I., Sliekers O., Schmid M., Cirpus I., Strous M., Bock E., Kuenen J.G., Jetten M.S.M. “Aerobic and anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria – competitors or natural partners?”. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2002. Volume 39. p. 175-181.

7. Schmid M., Schmitz-Esser S., Jetten M., Wagner M. “16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer and 23S rDNA of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria: implication for phylogeny and in situ detection”. Environmental Microbiology. 2001. Volume 3. p. 450-459.

8. Schmid M.C., Mass B., Dapena A., van de Pas-Schoonen K., van de Vossenberg J., Kartal B., van Niftrik L., Schmidt I., Cirpus I., Kuenen J.G., Wagner M., Damste J.S.S., Kuypers M., Revsbech N.P., Mendez R., Jetten M.S.M., Strous M. “Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2005. Volume 71. p. 1677-1684.

9. Sinninghe-Damste J.S., Strous M., Rijpstra W.I., Hopmans E.C., Geenevasen J.A.A., Van Duin A.C.T., Van Niftrik L.A., Jetten M.S.M. “Linearly concatenated cyclobutate lipids form a dense bacterial membrane”. Nature. 2002. Volume 419. p. 708-712.

10. Stackebrandt E., Frederiksen W., Garrity G.M., Grimont P.A.D., Kampfer P., Maiden M.C.J., Nesme X., Rossello-Mora R., Swings J. Truper H.G., Vauterin L., Ward A.C., Whitman W.B. “Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology”. Internation Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2002. Volume 52. p. 1043-1047.

11. Tsushima I., Kindaichi T., Okabe S. “Quantification of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in enrichment cultures by real-time PCR”. Water Research. 2007. Volume 41 p. 785-794.

12. Tsushima I., Ogasawara Y., Kindaichi T., Satoh H., Okabe S. “Development of high-rate anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) biofilm reactors”. Water Research. 2007. Volume. 41. p. 1623-1634.

Edited by Daniel Calaguas, student of Rachel Larsen