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Surprise: One organism responsible for nitrification instead of two
Date:
November 26, 2015
Source:
Radboud University
Summary:
It could never be found until recently, in a fish tank a few floors below a university microbiology department: one single organism able to perform the complete process of nitrification. Microbiologists used to think that two distinct groups of bacteria were responsible for the stepwise oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite. This discovery has implications for climate research and wastewater treatment, say the scientists involved in the study.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151126134915.htm
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/nature16459.html
Surprise: One organism responsible for nitrification instead of two
Date:
November 26, 2015
Source:
Radboud University
Summary:
It could never be found until recently, in a fish tank a few floors below a university microbiology department: one single organism able to perform the complete process of nitrification. Microbiologists used to think that two distinct groups of bacteria were responsible for the stepwise oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite. This discovery has implications for climate research and wastewater treatment, say the scientists involved in the study.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151126134915.htm
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/nature16459.html
