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Anammox means:

  1. "anaerobic ammonium oxidation".
  2. a spectacular microbial way of life.
  3. the largest single source of dinitrogen gas on Earth.
  4. the slowest bacterium in culture (see picture to the right).
  5. a new low-cost method for N-removal in wastewater treatment (90% of operational costs savings and CO2 emission cuts, compared to conventional nitrification/denitrification at lower investment costs).
  6. NH4+ + NO2- = N2 + 2H2O
  7. a one billion-base-pair metagenome (so far the second largest after the Sargasso Sea)
  8. At least three genera of bacteria: Brocadia anammoxidans, Kuenenia stuttgartiensis and Scalindua sorokinii.
  9. At least three patents; licences can be obtained from Paques BV.

anammox reactor at the
Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen

This site is maintained by Marc Strous (email), of the Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Microbiology, the Netherlands.


Last updated: April 7, 2006