Cyanate as an energy source for nitrifiers

Marton Palatinszky, Craig Herbold, Nico Jehmlich, Mario Pogoda, Ping Han, Martin von Bergen, Ilias Lagkouvardos, Søren M. Karst, Alexander Galushko, Hanna Koch, David Berry, Holger Daims and Michael Wagner ()
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Marton Palatinszky: University of Vienna
Craig Herbold: University of Vienna
Nico Jehmlich: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Mario Pogoda: University of Vienna
Ping Han: University of Vienna
Martin von Bergen: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Ilias Lagkouvardos: University of Vienna
Søren M. Karst: The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University
Alexander Galushko: University of Vienna
Hanna Koch: University of Vienna
David Berry: University of Vienna
Holger Daims: University of Vienna
Michael Wagner: University of Vienna

Nature, 2015, vol. 524, issue 7563, 105-108

Abstract: The ammonia-oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera gargensis can utilize cyanate as the only source of energy for growth due to the presence of a cyanase enzyme, and cyanase-encoding nitrite-oxidizing bacteria can work together with cyanase-negative ammonia oxidizers to collectively grow on cyanate via reciprocal feeding; cyanases are widespread in the environment according to metagenomic data sets, pointing to the potential importance of cyanate in the nitrogen cycle.

Date: 2015
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