Obligate aerobic chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidzing bacteria (AOB) derive energy and reductant needed for growth solely from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite thereby facilitating the process of nitritation. A strain of an ammonia-oxidizing ...
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are a key link between anthropogenic activity and the environment, facilitating the development and horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance among populations of commensal environmental microorganisms and cli...