- Brocadia anammoxidans
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Candidatus" Brocadia anammoxidans
domain = Bacteria
phylum =Planctomycetes
classis =Planctomycetia
ordo =Planctomycetales
familia =Planctomycetacea
genus = "Candidatus" Brocadia
species = "Ca." B. anammoxidans
binomial = "Candidatus" Brocadia anammoxidans""
Candidatus " Brocadia anammoxidans" is abacterial member of the orderPlanctomycetes and therefore lackspeptidoglycan in itscell wall , has a compartmentalizedcytoplasm ."Candidatus" Brocadia anammoxidans" is the first discovered organism capable of the anaerobic oxidation of
ammonium . This process (dubbed theanammox -process) was discovered in the 1980s in a waste water treatment plant inDelft ,the Netherlands . Ammonium oxidation is coupled tonitrite reduction to form the harmlessdinitrogen gas.The key
enzyme involved in this reaction,hydroxylamine oxidoreductase , is located in anorganelle -like structure called theanammoxosome . The ability to oxidize ammonium anaerobically makes "Candidatus" Brocadia anammoxidans" potentially useful for reducing—or eliminating—ammonium from waste water.Because of its ability to eliminate ammonium, a variety of uses have been found for this bacteria, removal of N from waste streams. The first full scale process employing the anammox process in the world was built at the waste water treatment plant Dokhaven/Sluisjesdijk in
Rotterdam , the Netherlands.External links
* [http://www.anammox.com www.anammox.com]
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