Anaerobic Oxidation of Ammonium with Nitrate Anammox

3 Anaerobic Oxidation of Ammonium with Nitrate (Anammox) 

The first direct evidence for the occurrence of anaerobic ammonia oxidation derived from wastewater bioreactors, where bacterial populations oxidizing ammonia with nitrite and producing dinitrogen could be grown in enrichment cultures (Mulder et al. 1995 van de Graaf et al. 

Until now none of the bacteria carrying out the anammox reaction could be isolated into pure culture, but much information could be gained from enrichment cultures. All anammox bacteria 

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