High-throughput assays to identify archaea-targeting nitrification inhibitors.

ABSTRACT: Nitrification is a microbial process that converts ammonia (NH₃) to nitrite (NO₂ ^-) and then to nitrate (NO₃ ^-). The first and rate-limiting step in nitrification is ammonia oxidation, which is conducted by both bacteria and archaea. In agriculture, it is important to control this process as high nitrification rates result in NO₃ ^- leaching, reduced nitrogen (N) availability for the plants and environmental problems such as eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrification inhibitors can be used to block nitrification, and as such reduce N pollution and improve fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) in agriculture. Currently applied inhibitors target the bacteria, and do not block nitrification by ammonia-oxidiz

SUBMITTER: Beeckman F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10800436 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature