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Cyanate as an energy source for nitrifiers

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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
    Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
    The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University)

  • Ilias Lagkouvardos

    (University of Vienna
    †Present address: ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Technische Universität München, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 2, 85354 Freising, Germany (I.L.); Agrophysical Research Institute, 14 Grazhdanskiy pr., 195220 Saint Petersburg, Russia (A.G.))

  • Søren M. Karst

    (The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University)

  • Alexander Galushko

    (University of Vienna
    †Present address: ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Technische Universität München, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 2, 85354 Freising, Germany (I.L.); Agrophysical Research Institute, 14 Grazhdanskiy pr., 195220 Saint Petersburg, Russia (A.G.))

  • Hanna Koch

    (University of Vienna)

  • David Berry

    (University of Vienna)

  • Holger Daims

    (University of Vienna)

  • Michael Wagner

    (University of Vienna)

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.

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  • 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 & , 2015. "Cyanate as an energy source for nitrifiers," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7563), pages 105-108, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7563:d:10.1038_nature14856
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14856
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