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Anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria: ecological distribution, metabolism, and microbial interactions

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Anammox (ANaerobic AMMonia OXidation) is a newly discovered pathway in the nitrogen cycle. This discovery has increased our knowledge of the global nitrogen cycle and triggered intense interest for anammox-based applications. Anammox bacteria are almost ubiquitous in the suboxic zones of almost all types of natural ecosystems and contribute significant to the global total nitrogen loss. In this paper, their ecological distributions and contributions to the nitrogen loss in marine, wetland, terrestrial ecosystems, and even extreme environments were reviewed. The unique metabolic mechanism of anammox bacteria was well described, including the particular cellular structures and genome compositions, which indicate the special evolutionary status of anammox bacteria. Finally, the ecological interactions among anammox bacteria and other organisms were discussed based on substrate availability and spatial organizations. This review attempts to summarize the fundamental understanding of anammox, provide an up-to-date summary of the knowledge of the overall anammox status, and propose future prospects for anammox. Based on novel findings, the metagenome has become a powerful tool for the genomic analysis of communities containing anammox bacteria; the metabolic diversity and biogeochemistry in the global nitrogen budget require more comprehensive studies.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31470543), Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No. ZD201412) and Harbin Science and Technology Program (No. 2016RAXXJ010).

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    Dawen Gao, Xiaolong Wang, Hong Liang, Qihang Wei, Yuan Dou & Longwei Li

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Gao, D., Wang, X., Liang, H. et al. Anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria: ecological distribution, metabolism, and microbial interactions. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 12, 10 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-018-1035-x

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