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Nitrospira

Daims, Holger, Wagner, Michael·2018·Trends in Microbiology

DOI 10.1016/j.tim.2018.02.001

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In this infographic, the key metabolic functions of Nitrospira and the role that these bacteria play in nitrification and other processes in the environment is shown. Nitrospira plays pivotal roles in nitrification as an aerobic chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. These bacteria often occur in close association with ammonia-oxidizing bacteria or archaea that convert ammonia to nitrite, which is further oxidized to nitrate by Nitrospira. However, in 'reciprocal feeding' interactions, Nitrospira can also provide ammonia oxidizers with ammonia released from urea or cyanate, which is further nitrified as described above. Recently discovered Nitrospira members even catalyze both nitrification steps alone and are therefore called complete ammonia oxidizers or 'comammox' organisms. Some strains of Nitrospira utilize alternative substrates, such as H 2 and formate, using oxygen or nitrate as terminal electron acceptor, and can exploit these energy sources concurrently with aerobic nitrite oxidation. This metabolic versatility enables Nitrospira to colonize a broad range of habitats and to sustain shifts in environmental conditions such as changing oxygen concentrations.

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Authors: Daims, H., & Wagner, M.
Affiliations: University of Vienna (AT)
Corresponding author: Daims, Holger
ORCID: Daims, Holger
Wagner, Michael
Venue: Trends in Microbiology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2018-05
Volume: 26
Issue: 5
Pages: 462-463
ISSN: 0966-842X (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.02.001
OpenAlex: W4250675300
Cited by: 275
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 28 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3
FWCI: 6.91
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Microbiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
Keywords: Nitrospira, nitrification, nitrite oxidation, ammonia oxidation, ammonia-oxidizing archaea, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, complete ammonia oxidation, comammox, chemolithoautotrophy, alternative electron acceptors, hydrogen oxidation, formate oxidation, metabolic versatility
MeSH terms: Ammonia, Archaea, Bacteria, Environmental Microbiology, Formates, Nitrates, Nitrites, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen, Ecosystem, Nitrification

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