Aerobic and anaerobic ammonia oxidizing
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Ingo Schmidt; Olav Sliekers; Markus Schmid; Irina Cirpus; Marc Strous; Eberhard
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The biological nitrogen cycle is a complex interplay between many microorganisms catalyzing different reactions. For a long time, ammonia and nitrite oxidation by chemolithoautotrophic nitrifiers were thought to be restricted to oxic environments and the metabolic flexibility of these organisms seem