title: Possibility of anoxic ferric ammonium oxidation.
abstract: After 42 d of anoxic operation at 35 degrees C, nitrite ion was detected in a fixed-bed reactor effluent supplying ammonium and Fe(III) EDTA Na. Fe(III)-reducing microbes could oxidize ammonium ion to nitrite ion using Fe(III) EDTA ion and bicarbonate in this ferric ammonium oxidation (Feammox) process.
authors.affiliation: Ethanol and Bioconversion Team, Biomass Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan. s.sawayama@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawayama
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D007218:Industrial Microbiology / Q000379:methods*; D007477:Ions / Q000032:analysis; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D007477:Ions; D009573:Nitrites; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D004492:Edetic Acid; D007501:Iron; C019179:Fe(III)-EDTA