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Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic
Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic
Conditions.
Conditions.(1) The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments.
 
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.

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Planctomycetes

Class: Planctomycetacia

Order: Planctomycetales Family: Brocadiaceae

Genus: Scalindua

Species: Candidatus Scalindua

NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=236756&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock

Description

Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic Conditions.(1) The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments. 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.

Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F]

Ecology and Significance

Genome Structure

Metabolism

References

[1] Nitrogen removal by a nitritation-anammox bioreactor at low temperature. Hu Z1, Lotti T, de Kreuk M, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht M, Kruit J, Jetten MS, Kartal B.

Figures

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[1] [2F] [2] [3F] [3] [4F] [4] [5F] [Original Figure. Author: Pawan Dhaliwal] [6F]

http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/File:Lorenzo.gif 

[7F] [5]

Author

Page authored by Minghung Hsu, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.