Quest for Nitrous Oxide-reducing Bacteria Present in an Anammox Biofilm Fed with Nitrous Oxide.

ABSTRACT: N₂O-reducing bacteria have been examined and harnessed to develop technologies that reduce the emission of N₂O, a greenhouse gas produced by biological nitrogen removal. Recent investigations using omics and physiological activity approaches have revealed the ecophysiologies of these bacteria during nitrogen removal. Nevertheless, their involvement in‍ ‍anammox processes remain unclear. Therefore, the present study investigated the identity, genetic potential, and activity‍ ‍of N₂O reducers in an anammox reactor. We hypothesized that N₂O is limiting for N₂O-reducing bacteria‍ ‍and an‍ ‍exogeneous N₂O supply enriches as-yet-uncultured N₂O-reducing bacteria. We conducted a 1200-day incubation of N₂O-reduc

SUBMITTER: Oba K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982107 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature