Nitrification Editors: Bess B. Ward, Daniel J.Arp and Martin G.KIotz

摘要

Over the past 15 years, the use of modern molecular biological approaches has radically advanced our understanding of nitrification processes. With chapters contributed by leading experts in the field, 'Nitrification' fully reviews all the latest research findings on microbes involved in conventional aerobic nitrification, anaerobic ammonia oxidation, and related processes. The book begins with an overview of the current state of the field. Next, the four principal groups of nitrifying microbes are examined in separate sections, covering conventional aerobic bacterial ammonia oxidizers, recently discovered aerobic archaeal ammonia oxidizers, anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing planctomycetes, and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.The authors also discuss the latest industrial applications of nitrification and anammox processes.The final section of the book explores the ecology of nitrification in marine, freshwater, soil, and wastewater environments.