Denitrification, the Glossary
Denitrification is a microbially facilitated process where nitrate (NO3−) is reduced and ultimately produces molecular nitrogen (N2) through a series of intermediate gaseous nitrogen oxide products.[1]
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59 relations: Acetate, Actinomycetota, Aerobic denitrification, Alcaligenes faecalis, Ammonium, Anaerobic respiration, Anammox, Bacteria, Bioremediation, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Climate change, Constructed wetland, Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium, Ecosystem, Electro-biochemical reactor, Electron acceptor, Electron donor, Ethanol, Fertilizer, Gene, Glycerol, Greenhouse gas, Groundwater, Groundwater pollution, Heterotroph, Hypoxia (environmental), Industrial wastewater treatment, Isotope fractionation, Leaching (agriculture), Marine sediment, Methanol, Nitrate, Nitrate reductase, Nitric oxide, Nitric-oxide reductase, Nitrite, Nitrite reductase, Nitrogen, Nitrogen cycle, Nitrogen fixation, Nitrous oxide, Nitrous-oxide reductase, Organic compound, Organic matter, Oxygen, Ozone depletion, Paracoccus denitrificans, Pseudomonadaceae, Pseudomonas mandelii, Redox, ... Expand index (9 more) »
Acetate
An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. alkaline, earthy, metallic, nonmetallic or radical base).
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Actinomycetota
The Actinomycetota (or Actinobacteria) are a diverse phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content.
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Aerobic denitrification
Aerobic denitrification, or co-respiration, the simultaneous use of both oxygen (O2) and nitrate as oxidizing agents, performed by various genera of microorganisms. Denitrification and Aerobic denitrification are environmental microbiology and nitrogen cycle.
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Alcaligenes faecalis
Alcaligenes faecalis is a species of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in the environment.
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Ammonium
Ammonium is a modified form of ammonia that has an extra hydrogen atom.
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Anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration is respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen (O2).
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Anammox
Anammox, an abbreviation for "anaerobic ammonium oxidation", is a globally important microbial process of the nitrogen cycle that takes place in many natural environments. Denitrification and Anammox are Biochemical reactions, environmental microbiology and nitrogen cycle.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
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Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi in mycoremediation, and plants in phytoremediation), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural or artificial settings.
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Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a species of legume-root nodulating, microsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Constructed wetland
A constructed wetland is an artificial wetland to treat sewage, greywater, stormwater runoff or industrial wastewater.
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Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium
Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), also known as nitrate/nitrite ammonification, is the result of anaerobic respiration by chemoorganoheterotrophic microbes using nitrate (NO3−) as an electron acceptor for respiration.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Electro-biochemical reactor
Electro-biochemical reactor (EBR) is a type of a bioreactor used in water treatment.
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Electron acceptor
An electron acceptor is a chemical entity that accepts electrons transferred to it from another compound.
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Electron donor
In chemistry, an electron donor is a chemical entity that transfers electrons to another compound.
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Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
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Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
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Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
Glycerol
Glycerol, also called glycerine or glycerin, is a simple triol compound.
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Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.
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Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
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Groundwater pollution
Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater.
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Heterotroph
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.
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Hypoxia (environmental)
Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions.
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Industrial wastewater treatment
Industrial wastewater treatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product.
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Isotope fractionation
Isotope fractionation describes fractionation processes that affect the relative abundance of isotopes, phenomena which are taken advantage of in isotope geochemistry and other fields.
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Leaching (agriculture)
In agriculture, leaching is the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the soil, due to rain and irrigation.
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Marine sediment
Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have accumulated on the seafloor.
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Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).
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Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula. Denitrification and Nitrate are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrate reductase
Nitrate reductases are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate to nitrite.
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Nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula. Denitrification and Nitric oxide are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitric-oxide reductase
Nitric oxide reductase, an enzyme, catalyzes the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2O).
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Nitrite
The nitrite ion has the chemical formula. Denitrification and nitrite are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrite reductase
Nitrite reductase refers to any of several classes of enzymes that catalyze the reduction of nitrite.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Nitrogen cycle
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems.
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Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen is converted into ammonia. Denitrification and Nitrogen fixation are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula. Denitrification and nitrous oxide are nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrous-oxide reductase
In enzymology, a nitrous oxide reductase also known as nitrogen:acceptor oxidoreductase (N2O-forming) is an enzyme that catalyzes the final step in bacterial denitrification, the reduction of nitrous oxide to dinitrogen.
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Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Ozone depletion
Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone layer) around Earth's polar regions.
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Paracoccus denitrificans
Paracoccus denitrificans, is a coccoid bacterium known for its nitrate reducing properties, its ability to replicate under conditions of hypergravity and for being a relative of the eukaryotic mitochondrion (endosymbiotic theory).
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Pseudomonadaceae
The Pseudomonadaceae are a family of bacteria which includes the genera Azomonas, Azorhizophilus, Azotobacter, Mesophilobacter, Pseudomonas (the type genus), and Rugamonas.
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Pseudomonas mandelii
Pseudomonas mandelii is a fluorescent, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from natural spring waters in France.
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Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
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Sewage
Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people.
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Sewage treatment
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges.
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Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification
Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification (SNdN) is a wastewater treatment process. Denitrification and Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification are nitrogen cycle.
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Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.
Thermoproteota
The Thermoproteota are prokaryotes that have been classified as a phylum of the domain Archaea.
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Thiobacillus
Thiobacillus is a genus of Gram-negative Betaproteobacteria.
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Wastewater
Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes.
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Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denitrification
Also known as Denitration, Denitrifying, Dissimilatory nitrate reduction.
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