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Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes
Microbial Ecology, Diversity and Functions of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria
- 1st Edition - May 12, 2022
- Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Susana Rodriguez-Couto
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 0 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 0 5 - 5
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Request a sales quote- Covers the application of different omics tools for studying the microbial ecology, diversity and function of ammonia oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
- Describes the role of ammonia oxidizing microorganisms in WWTPs
- Presents the microbial ecology of ammonia oxidizing bacteria in WWTPs
- Includes the microbial diversity of ammonia oxidizing bacteria
- Emphasizes important aspects of cutting-edge molecular tools in the study of metabolic pathways of ammonia oxidizing bacteria
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Anammox process: An innovative approach and a promising technology
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Mechanism of anammox process
- 1.3: Role of microorganisms in anammox
- 1.4: Role of various parameters on anammox
- 1.5: The limitations and solutions of the anammox system
- 1.6: Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter 2: Abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in industrial wastewater treatment systems
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Key enzymes involved
- 2.3: Physiology and cellular structure
- 2.4: Diversity in WWTPs
- 2.5: Mechanism of action of AOA and AOB
- 2.6: Competition and symbiotic relationships between AOMs
- 2.7: AOA at low DO or in special WWTPs
- 2.8: Factors influencing AOB abundance and diversity
- 2.9: Quantification techniques
- 2.10: Environmental factors affecting AOA and AOB
- 2.11: Future perspectives
- 2.12: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Autotrophic nitrification in bacteria
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Symbiotic nitrogen fixers
- 3.3: Events of nitrogen fixation
- 3.4: Genetic regulation of nitrogen fixation
- 3.5: Understanding the balance between Photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation
- 3.6: Conclusion and future aspect
- References
- Chapter 4: Omics: A revolutionary tool to study ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and their application in bioremediation
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Chemolitho-autotrophic ammonia oxidation
- 4.3: Role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in nitrogen cycling
- 4.4: Commercial significance and application of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- 4.5: Difficulties associated with nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- 4.6: Isolation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from the environment
- 4.7: Cultivation of new ammonia oxidizers
- 4.8: Genomics and metabolic models
- 4.9: Terminology of environmental proteomics
- 4.10: Microbial culture proteomic studies techniques
- 4.11: Potential applications of environmental proteomics
- 4.12: Enzymology of ammonia-oxidation
- 4.13: Ammonia-oxidizers in the environment and production of N2O
- 4.14: Remediation of recalcitrant pollutants
- 4.15: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Emission of nitrous oxide
- 5.3: Niche differentiation
- 5.4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Aerobic and anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- 6.3: Anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacteria
- 6.4: Microbial interactions and their contribution to enhanced nitrogen removal
- 6.5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Recent advances in biological nitrogen removal from wastewater: Special focus on reactor configuration and nano-mediated microbial nitro-transformation
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Chemolithotrophs and their diversity
- 7.3: BNR technologies for wastewater treatment
- 7.4: Advances in the nitrification process
- 7.5: Effect of nanomaterials on microbial nitro-transformation
- 7.6: Conclusion and future perspective
- References
- Chapter 8: Diversity of nitrogen-removing microorganisms
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Nitrogen removal by microorganisms that use sulfur compounds as electron donor
- 8.3: Nitrogen removal by microorganisms that use hydrogen as electron donor: Hydrogenotrophic denitrification
- 8.4: Nitrogen removal by anaerobic nitrate-dependent methanotrophic microorganisms
- References
- Chapter 9: An overview of the anammox process
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: The evolution of anammox reaction stoichiometry
- 9.3: The existing problems and countermeasures for anammox process application
- 9.4: The status of several main anammox-related processes
- 9.5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10: Aerobic and anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: A resilient challenger or innate collaborator
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Physiology and ecology of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- 10.3: Factors affecting aerobic and anaerobic oxidizing bacteria
- 10.4: Role of aerobic and anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment plants
- 10.5: Application of anammox in wastewater treatment
- 10.6: Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms: Key players in the promotion of plant growth
- 10.7: Mechanism of ammonia oxidation by ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms
- 10.8: Function and activity of ammonia-oxidizing microbes in different soil types
- 10.9: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11: A technique to boost the nitrogen-rich agricultural ecosystems efficiency by anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Role of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in nitrogen cycle
- 11.3: Diversity and richness of anammox bacteria
- 11.4: Uncovering anammox bacteria and its reaction
- 11.5: Role of anammox in agricultural soil
- 11.6: Factors affecting anammox
- 11.7: Outlook for anammox research and concluding remarks
- 11.8: Future prospects
- References
- Chapter 12: Genomics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and denitrification in wastewater treatment plants
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Nitrogen cycle
- 12.3: Role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in nitrogen cycle
- 12.4: Factors that influence AOM abundance and distribution
- 12.5: Other ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in wastewater treatment
- 12.6: Genetic regulation for ammonia oxidation by AOMs
- 12.7: Gene amoA as a functional marker for AOM
- 12.8: Denitrification
- 12.9: Nitrifier denitrification
- 12.10: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13: Genomic modules of the nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial population in the aerated wastewater treatment systems
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Microbial association and biofilm formation in the aerated bioreactors
- 13.3: Mutualism between the microbial communities
- 13.4: Factors influencing the microbial shift
- 13.5: Population dynamics of the bacterial groups
- 13.6: Microbial community in the biofilm
- 13.7: Heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification
- 13.8: Functional genomics of the microbial community
- 13.9: Molecular approaches and bioinformatics tools—Dynamics of the microbial population
- 13.10: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14: Influence of the different operational strategies on anammox processes for the sustainable ammonium wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Microorganisms involved in the anammox process
- 14.3: Mechanism of anoxic removal of ammonia
- 14.4: Factors affecting Anammox process and operational strategies
- 14.5: Recent advancement in anammox process
- 14.6: Diverse applications of anammox process
- 14.7: Future prospectus of anammox process
- 14.8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15: Anammox processes in marine environment: Deciphering the roles and applications
- Abstract
- 15.1: Introduction
- 15.2: Overview of the anammox process
- 15.3: Anammox bacteria in marine environment
- 15.4: Anammox processes in different marine ecosystems
- 15.5: Role of anammox in marine environment
- 15.6: Application of anammox process in marine environment and its potential
- 15.7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 16: Diversity and versatility of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- Abstract
- 16.1: Introduction
- 16.2: Evolution and classification of ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs)
- 16.3: Diversity, specificity, and adaptability of AOB
- 16.4: Tolerance and inhibition of AOB
- 16.5: Recent applications and challenges of AOB
- 16.6: Future research prospects employing the versatile ammonium oxidizers
- 16.7: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 17: Role of ammonia oxidizers in performing simultaneous nitrification and denitrification process in advanced SBR plants
- Abstract
- 17.1: Introduction
- 17.2: Theory of SND and practical applications in different WWTPs/technologies
- 17.3: Advantages of SND over anammox and other biological nitrogen removal processes
- 17.4: Types and characteristics of different ammonia oxidizers and nitrate reducers encouraging SND mechanism prevailing in these systems
- 17.5: Operational parameters/factors that control the diversity of nitrifiers (ammonia and nitrite oxidizers) and denitrifiers (nitrate reducers) during the SND mechanism in advanced SBR plants
- 17.6: Effect of free ammonia (FA), nitrate concentrations, and some metals on AOBs
- 17.7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18: Diversity and functional role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil microcosms
- Abstract
- 18.1: Introduction
- 18.2: Diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil
- 18.3: Factors affecting ammonia oxidation in soil
- 18.4: Molecular biology of ammonia oxidation in bacteria
- 18.5: Economic importance of AOBs
- 18.6: Conclusion and prospects
- References
- Chapter 19: Anaerobic ammonia oxidation: From key physiology to full-scale applications
- Abstract
- 19.1: Introduction
- 19.2: Anammox bacteria: Diversity and cell biology
- 19.3: Physiological parameters and the metabolic pathway involved in anammox
- 19.4: Possible reaction mechanism for the anammox process and the factors influencing the reaction
- 19.5: Anammox culture in the laboratory
- 19.6: Full-scale applications of the anammox process
- 19.7: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 20: Ammonification in the oral microbiome with plausible link to diet and health and their systemic role in the salivary entero-nitrate channel—A reality or farce
- Abstract
- 20.1: Introduction
- 20.2: Ammonification and chemolithotrophs
- 20.3: Oral microbiome
- 20.4: Plausible link to diet and health
- 20.5: Contemporary scenario and future perception
- 20.6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 21: Nitritation kinetics and its application in wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 21.1: Introduction
- 21.2: Factors affecting kinetics of ammonia oxidation microorganisms and nitritation performance
- 21.3: Unit processes of nitritation
- 21.4: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 486
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 12, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323919012
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985055
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Maulin P. Shah
Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 200 books of international repute (Elsevier, RSC, Nova Sciences, De Gruyter, Springer, Wiley, IOP and CRC Press).
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