Nitrosomonas europaea ammonia oxidation

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. 

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. 

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

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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. 

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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. 

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)...

Although the oxidation mechanism of nitrite to nitrate in the heterotrophic nitrifiers has not been known at all on the enzyme level, the oxidation mechanism of ammonia to nitrite has been partially clarified. Ammonia is oxidized to nitrite through hydroxylamine also in the heterotrophic bacteria. The oxidation of ammonia to hydroxylamine is catalyzed by ammonia monooxygenase as in the enzyme of Nitrosomonas europaea. The enzyme purified from Paracoccus pantotropha GB17 (formerly Thiosphaera pantotropha GB17 or Paracoccus denitrificans GB17) catalyzes the oxidation of ammonia to hydroxylamine and contains copper, but its activity is not inhibited by acetylene (Moir et al., 1996), unlike the enzyme of Nitrosomonas europaea. 

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Hyman MR, Arp DJ (1995) Effects of ammonia on the de novo synthesis of polypeptides in cells of Nitrosomonas europaea denied ammonia as an energy source. J Bacterid 177 4974-4979 Hyman MR, Russel SA, Ely RL, Williamson KJ, Arp DJ (1995) Inhibition, inactivation, and recovery of ammonia-oxidizing activity in cometabolism of trichloroethylene by Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl Environ Microbiol 61 1480-1487 Hyman MR, Wood PM (1983) Methane oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea. Biochem J 212 31-37... 

Kamiyoshi H, Tabata M (1991) On the substances which stimulate growth of ammonia oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea (in Japanese). Nihon Nogeikagaku Kaishi (J Jpn Agr Chem Soc) 65 442 (Abstracts of papers at the annual meeting)... 

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