Ammonia Nitrosomonas europaea

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria including Nitrosomonas europaea... 

Hyman MR, CL Page, DJ Arp (1994) Oxidation of methyl fluoride and dimethyl ether by ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl Environ Microbiol 60 3033-3035. 

Hyman MR, IB Murton, DJ Arp (1988) Interaction of ammonia monooxygenase from Nitrosomonas europaea with alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. Appl Environ Microbiol 54 3187-3190. 

Rasche ME, MR Hyman, DJ Arp (1991) Factors limiting aliphatic chlorocarbon degradation by Nitrosomonas europaea cometabolic inactivation of ammonia monooxygenase and substrate specificity. Appl Environ Microbiol 57 2986-2994. 

Vannelli T, AB Hooper (1992) Oxidation of nitrapyrin to 6-chloropicolinic acid by the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl Environ Microbiol 58 2321-2325. 

The cometabolism of halogenated methanes has been examined in Nitrosomonas europaea and may putatively be mediated by ammonia monooxygenase. 

Ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea is able to oxidize fluoromethane to formaldehyde (Hyman et al. 1994). 

Arciero D, T Vannelli, N Logan, AB Hooper (1989) Degradation of trichloroethylene by the ammonia-oxidizing bacterinm Nitrosomonas europaea. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 159 640-642. 

Ou et al. [74] reported the enhancement of the degradation of methyl bromide in soil pretreated with an ammonia-based nitrogen fertilizer (i. e., (NH4)2S04) and stimulation of methyl bromide degradation in soil inoculated with a nitrifier, Nitrosomonas europaea. 

Hollocher, T. C., Tate, M. E., and Nicholas, D. J. D. (1981). Oxidation of ammonia by Nitrosomonas europaea. Definitive O-tracer evidence that hydroxylamine formation involves a monooxygenase. J. Biol. Chem. 256, 10834-10836. 

Arciero, D., Vannelli.T., Logan, M. Hooper, A. B. (1989)- Degradation of trichloroethylene by the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea. Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Communications, 159, 640-3. 

Chain, P., Lamerdin, J., Larimer, P. W., Regala, W., Lao, V., Land, M., Hauser, L., Hooper, A. B., Klotz, M., Norton,., Sayavedra-Soto, L., Arciero, D., et al. (2003). Complete genome sequence of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium and obhgate chemohthoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea. Journal of Bacteriology 185, 2759-2773. 

Ly, J., Hyman, M. R., and Arp, D. J. (1993). Inhibition of ammonia oxidation in Nitrosomonas europaea by sulfur-compounds thioethers are oxidized to sulfoxides by ammonia monooxygenase. Applied... 

Schmidt, I., van Spanning, R. J. M., andjetten, M. S. M. (2004b). Denitrification and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea wild-type, and NirK- and NorB-deticient mutants. Microbiology-Sgm 150, 4107-4114. 

Suzuki, I., Dular, U., and Kwok, S. (1974). Ammonia or ammonium ion as substrate for oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea cells and extracts. Journal of Bacteriology 120, 556—558. 

Suzuki, I., Kowk, S. C., and Dular, U. (1976). Competitive inhibition of ammonia oxidation in Nitrosomonas europaea by methane, carbon monoxidde or methanol. FEES Letters 72, 117—120. 

Whittaker, M., Bergmann, D. J., Arciero, D. M., and Hooper, A. B. (2000). Electron transfer during the oxidation of ammonia by the chemolithotrophic bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1459, 346—355. 

Dua, R. D., Bhandari, B., and Nicholas, D.. (1979). Stable isotope studies on the oxidation of ammonia to hydroxylamine by Nitrosomonas europaea. FEES Lett. 106, 401—404. 

Hynes, R. K., and Knowles, R. (1978). Inhibition by acetylene of ammonia oxidation in Nitrosomonas europaea. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 4, 319—321. 

Shrestha N. K., Hadano S., Kamachi T., and Okura I. (2002) Dinitrogen production from ammonia by Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl. Catal. A General INI, 33-39. 

These bacteria oxidize ammonia to nitrous acid via hydroxylamine (Fig. 1.7). A typical species of such bacteria is Nitrosomonas europaea. In addition to this, Nitrosomonas eutrophus, Nitrosococcus oceanus, Nitrosospira briensis, Nitrosolo-bus multiformis among others are known in this group. 

Several ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are known, including Nitrosomonas europaea, Nitrosomonas eutropha, Nitrosococcus oceanus, Nitrosospira briensis,... 

Table 3.1. Inhibitors to ammonia oxidizing activity of Nitrosomonas europaea (Prepared based on Hooper and Terry, 1973 Powell and Prosser, 1985 Bedard and Knowles, 1989 Juliette et al., 1993 Roy and Knowles, 1995 Matsuba et al., 2003)...

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