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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 5, Pages 1027-1042Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2847-1
Keywords
Autotrophic denitrification; Sulfide; Nitrate; Chemolithotroph; Proteobacteria; Anoxic
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- Hong Kong Research Grants council [HKU7122/08E, HKU7122/10E]
- University of Hong Kong
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Sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification refers to the chemolithotrophic process coupling denitrification with the oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds. Ever since 1904, when Thiobacillus denitrificans was isolated, autotrophic denitrifiers and their uncultured close relatives have been continuously identified from highly diverse ecosystems including hydrothermal vents, deep sea redox transition zones, sediments, soils, inland soda lakes, etc. Currently, 14 valid described species within alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and epsilon-Proteobacteria have been identified as capable of autotrophic denitrification. Autotrophic denitrification is also widely applied in environmental engineering for the removal of sulfide and nitrate from different water environments. This review summarizes recent researches on autotrophic denitrification, highlighting its diversity, metabolic traits, and engineering applications.
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