PMID- 19453522
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091026
LR  - 20240109
IS  - 1574-6976 (Electronic)
IS  - 0168-6445 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 5
DP  - 2009 Sep
TI  - Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea.
PG  - 855-69
LID - 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00179.x [doi]
AB  - For more than 100 years it was believed that bacteria were the only group 
      responsible for the oxidation of ammonia. However, recently, a new strain of 
      archaea bearing a putative ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) gene and able 
      to oxidize ammonia was isolated from a marine aquarium tank. Ammonia-oxidizing 
      archaea (AOA) were subsequently discovered in many ecosystems of varied 
      characteristics and even found as the predominant causal organisms in some 
      environments. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the environmental 
      conditions related to the presence of AOA and discuss the possible site-related 
      properties. Considering these data, we deduct the possible niches of AOA based on 
      pH, sulfide and phosphate levels. It is proposed that the AOA might be important 
      actors within the nitrogen cycle in low-nutrient, low-pH, and sulfide-containing 
      environments.
FAU - Erguder, Tuba H
AU  - Erguder TH
AD  - Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Gent University, Gent, 
      Belgium.
FAU - Boon, Nico
AU  - Boon N
FAU - Wittebolle, Lieven
AU  - Wittebolle L
FAU - Marzorati, Massimo
AU  - Marzorati M
FAU - Verstraete, Willy
AU  - Verstraete W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20090421
PL  - England
TA  - FEMS Microbiol Rev
JT  - FEMS microbiology reviews
JID - 8902526
RN  - 0 (Phosphates)
RN  - 0 (Sulfides)
RN  - 7664-41-7 (Ammonia)
RN  - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases)
RN  - EC 1.7.3.- (ammonia monooxygenase)
SB  - IM
MH  - Ammonia/metabolism
MH  - Archaea/*enzymology/growth & development
MH  - Crenarchaeota/enzymology/growth & development
MH  - *Ecosystem
MH  - *Hot Springs/chemistry/microbiology
MH  - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
MH  - Oxidation-Reduction
MH  - Oxidoreductases/*metabolism
MH  - Phosphates/analysis
MH  - Seawater/chemistry/microbiology
MH  - Sulfides/analysis
RF  - 70
EDAT- 2009/05/21 09:00
MHDA- 2009/10/27 06:00
CRDT- 2009/05/21 09:00
PHST- 2009/05/21 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/05/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/10/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - FMR179 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00179.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2009 Sep;33(5):855-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00179.x. 
      Epub 2009 Apr 21.