Kuenen J Gijs
Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2008 Apr;6(4):320-6. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1857.
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria, which were discovered in waste-water sludge in the early 1990s, have the unique metabolic ability to combine ammonium and nitrite or nitrate to form nitrogen gas. This discovery led to the realization that a substantial part of the enormous nitrogen losses that are observed in the marine environment--up to 50% of the total nitrogen turnover--were due to the activity of these bacteria. In this Timeline, Gijs Kuenen recalls the discovery of these unique microorganisms and describes the continuing elucidation of their roles in environmental and industrial microbiology.
厌氧氨氧化（anammox）细菌于20世纪90年代初在废水污泥中被发现，它具有将铵与亚硝酸盐或硝酸盐结合形成氮气的独特代谢能力。这一发现使人们认识到，在海洋环境中观察到的大量氮损失——高达总氮周转量的50%——很大一部分是由于这些细菌的活动所致。在本时间轴中，吉斯·库嫩回顾了这些独特微生物的发现过程，并描述了对它们在环境和工业微生物学中作用的持续阐释。
