Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-769-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-769-2015
Research article
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10 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 10 Feb 2015

Characterization of incubation experiments and development of an enrichment culture capable of ammonium oxidation under iron-reducing conditions

S. Huang and P. R. Jaffé

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Nov 2014)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (25 Nov 2014) by Jack Middelburg
AR by Peter Jaffe on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2014)  Author's response
ED: Publish as is (01 Dec 2014) by Jack Middelburg
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Significant changes in the microbial community were observed during 180-day incubations of soil samples from a wetland where Feammox activity has been observed previously, as well as in a continuous flow membrane reactor. Results indicate that the dominant microbial species, an uncultured Acidimicrobiaceae bacterium A6 belonging to the Acidimicrobiaceae family, plays a key role in this anaerobic biological process using ferric iron as an electron acceptor while oxidizing ammonium to nitrite.
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