Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo-related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling.
Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo-related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling.
A. H. Treusch,S. Leininger,3 Authors,C. Schleper
2005 · DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2005.00906.X
Environmental Microbiology · 928 Citations
TLDR
These findings suggest that mesophilic terrestrial and marine crenarchaeota might be capable of ammonia oxidation under aerobic and potentially also under anaerobic conditions.