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  2. Nitrite oxidoreductase - Wikipedia

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    Nitrite oxidoreductase (NOR or NXR) is an enzyme involved in nitrification.It is the last step in the process of aerobic ammonia oxidation, which is carried out by two groups of nitrifying bacteria: ammonia oxidizers such as Nitrosospira, Nitrosomonas, and Nitrosococcus convert ammonia to nitrite, while nitrite oxidizers such as Nitrobacter and Nitrospira oxidize nitrite to nitrate.

  3. Nitrifying bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Nitrifying bacteria are chemolithotrophic organisms that include species of genera such as Nitrosomonas, Nitrosococcus, Nitrobacter, Nitrospina, Nitrospira and Nitrococcus. These bacteria get their energy from the oxidation of inorganic nitrogen compounds. [1] Types include ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB).

  4. Nitrification - Wikipedia

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    The process of nitrification begins with the first stage of ammonia oxidation, where ammonia (NH 3) or ammonium (NH 4 +) get converted into nitrite (NO 2-). This first stage is sometimes known as nitritation. It is performed by two groups of organisms, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA [2]).

  5. Nitrobacter - Wikipedia

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    The conversion of nitrite to nitrate is facilitated by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. The genus Nitrobacter is widely distributed in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. [ 2 ] Nitrifying bacteria have an optimum growth between 77 and 86 °F (25 and 30 °C), and cannot survive past the upper limit of 120 °F (49 °C) or the lower limit of 32 ...

  6. Nitrobacter winogradskyi - Wikipedia

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    Nitrobacter winogradskyi is a gram-negative nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus of Nitrobacter. [2] [3] It is a chemolithoautotroph that derives energy by oxidation of nitrite. Nitrobacter winogradskyi is rod-shaped and is involved in the biological nitrification process that occurs within the nitrogen cycle.

  7. Anammox - Wikipedia

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    The first step is the partial nitrification (nitritation) of half of the ammonium to nitrite by ammonia oxidizing bacteria: 2 NH + 4 + 3 O 2 → 2 NO − 2 + 4 H + + 2 H 2 O. The remaining half of the ammonium and the newly formed nitrite are converted in the anammox process to diatomic nitrogen gas and ~15 % nitrate (not shown) by anammox ...

  8. Nitrospinota - Wikipedia

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    Nitrospinota is a bacterial phylum. Despite only few described species, members of this phylum are major nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in surface waters in oceans. By oxidation of nitrite to nitrate they are important in the process of nitrification in marine environments.

  9. Planctomycetota - Wikipedia

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    Bacteria in the Planctomycetota that are anammox ... Labeled diagram of an anammox cell. ... Anammox is the process of oxidizing ammonium where nitrite acts as the ...