Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil
Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil
L. Lehtovirta-Morley,K. Stoecker,2 Authors,G. Nicol
2011 · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107196108
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 515 Citations
TLDR
The discovery of Nitrosotalea devanaterra provides a previously unsuspected explanation for high rates of nitrification in acidic soils, and confirms the vital role that thaumarchaea play in terrestrial nitrogen cycling.