{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(1)"],"submitter":["Palomo A"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The discovery of microorganisms capable of complete ammonia oxidation to nitrate (comammox) has prompted a paradigm shift in our understanding of nitrification, an essential process in N cycling, hitherto considered to require both ammonia oxidizing and nitrite oxidizing microorganisms. This intriguing metabolism is unique to the genus Nitrospira, a diverse taxon previously known to only contain canonical nitrite oxidizers. Comammox Nitrospira have been detected in diverse environments; however, a global view of the distribution, abundance, and diversity of Nitrospira species is still incomplete.<h4>Results</h4>In this study, we retrieved 55 metagenome-assembled Nitrospira genomes (MAGs) from newly obtained and publicly available metagenomes. Combined with publicly avail"],"journal":["Microbiome"],"pagination":["204"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9714041"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Genomic profiling of Nitrospira species reveals ecological success of comammox Nitrospira."],"pmcid":["PMC9714041"],"pubmed_authors":["Palomo A","Dechesne A","Smets BF","Pedersen AG"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Genomic profiling of Nitrospira species reveals ecological success of comammox Nitrospira.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The discovery of microorganisms capable of complete ammonia oxidation to nitrate (comammox) has prompted a paradigm shift in our understanding of nitrification, an essential process in N cycling, hitherto considered to require both ammonia oxidizing and nitrite oxidizing microorganisms. This intriguing metabolism is unique to the genus Nitrospira, a diverse taxon previously known to only contain canonical nitrite oxidizers. Comammox Nitrospira have been detected in diverse environments; however, a global view of the distribution, abundance, and diversity of Nitrospira species is still incomplete.<h4>Results</h4>In this study, we retrieved 55 metagenome-assembled Nitrospira genomes (MAGs) from newly obtained and publicly available metagenomes. Combined with publicly avail","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T03:34:54.127Z","creation":"2025-04-07T13:42:42.901Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9714041","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36451244"],"doi":["10.1186/s40168-022-01411-y"]}}