Candidatus Scalindua

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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) This anammox reation is also a new short-cut process in nitrogen cycle. 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.(2) The Physiological characteristics of Candidatus Scalindua affiliated to Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria have been demonstrated only partially compared with the other anammox bacteria which can be found in fresh water.(3,4)

Transmission electron micrographs of “Candidatus Scalindua sp.” enriched in the MBR, showing the cells which were about to be divided [1F]

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.

[2]Physiological Characterization of an Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacterium Belonging to the “Candidatus Scalindua” Group Takanori Awataa, Mamoru Oshikib, Tomonori Kindaichia, Noriatsu Ozakia, Akiyoshi Ohashia and Satoshi Okabeb

[3]Nakajima J, Sakka M, Kimura T, Furukawa K, Sakka K. 2008. Enrichment of anammox bacteria from marine environment for the construction of a bioremediation reactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 77:1159–1166.

[4]van de Vossenberg J, Rattray JE, Geerts W, Kartal B, van Niftrik L, van Donselaar EG, Damsté JSS, Strous M, Jetten MSM. 2008. Enrichment and characterization of marine anammox bacteria associated with global nitrogen gas production. Environ. Microbiol. 10:3120–3129.

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Author

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