Environmental detection of octahaem cytochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. 3140 - 3149
• Main Authors: Schmid, Markus C, Hooper, Alan B, Klotz, Martin G, Woebken, Dagmar, Lam, Phyllis, Kuypers, Marcel M.M, Pommerening-Roeser, Andreas, op den Camp, Huub J.M, Jetten, Mike S.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Cytochrome c Group - metabolism; DNA Primers; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Environmental Microbiology; Hydrazines - metabolism; Hydroxylamine - metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxidoreductases - genetics; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA

Bacterial aerobic ammonium oxidation and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) are important processes in the global nitrogen cycle. Key enzymes in both processes are the octahaem cytochrome c (OCC) proteins, hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (HAO) of aerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), which cat...