Nitrification

Biological nitrification is a key reaction in the global nitrogen cycle (N-cycle). This title provides a comprehensive and authoritative review that is long overdue, particularly with the groundbreaking discovery of the annamox bacteria. Nitrification is a topic with broad appeal, dues to the importance of nitrification in both natural and engineered systems. This volume offers a logical organization from leading microbiologists at the "cutting-edge" of nitrification studies.

Table of Contents I. OVERVIEW 1. Nitrification: an Introduction and Overview of the State of the Field, Bess B. Ward II. AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA 2. Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto and Daniel J. Arp 3. Diversity and Environmental Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria, Jeanette M. Norton 4. Genomics of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Insights into Their Evolution, Martin G. Klotz and Lisa Y. Stein 5. Heterotrophic Nitrification and Nitrifier Denitrification, Lisa Y. Stein III. AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA 6. Physiology and Genomics of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Willm Martens-Habbena, and David A. Stahl 7. Distribution and Activity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Natural Environments, Graeme W. Nicol, Sven Leininger, and Christa Schleper IV. ANAEROBIC AMMONIA OXIDATION (ANAMMOX) 8. Metabolism and Genomics of Anammox Bacteria, Boran Kartal, Jan T. Keltjens, and Mike S. M. Jetten 9. Distribution, Activity, and Ecology of Anammox Bacteria in Aquatic Environments, Mark Trimmer and Pia Engstrom 10. Application of the Anammox Process, Wouter R. L. van der Star, Wiebe R. Abma, Boran Kartal, and Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht V. NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA 11. Metabolism and Genomics of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria: Emphasis on Studies of Pure Cultures and of Nitrobacter Species, Shawn R. Starkenburg, Eva Spieck, and Peter J. Bottomley 12. Diversity, Environmental Genomics, and Ecophysiology of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria, Holger Daims, Sebastian Lucker, Denis Le Paslier, and Michael Wagner VI. PROCESSES, ECOLOGY, AND ECOSYSTEMS 13. Nitrification in the Ocean, Bess B. Ward 14. Soil Nitrifiers and Nitrification, James I. Prosser 15. Nitrification in Inland Waters, Hendriks J. Laanbroek and Annette Bollmann 16. Nitrification in Wastewater Treatment, Satoshi Okabe, Yoshiteru Aoi, Hisashi Satoh, and Yuichi Suwa