It could never be found until recently, in a fish tank a few floors below a university microbiology department: one single organism able to perform the complete process of nitrification.

Corn bred with genes from wild relatives can reshape soil microbial communities and reduce nitrogen loss — with no yield ...

Recently, the research team led by Professor WU Lifang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed copper pyrazole, a novel nitrification inhibitor, and ...

Farmers around the world rely on nitrogen fertilizers to sustain crop production, but in many alkaline soils a large share of that nitrogen is rapidly lost before plants can use it. A new study ...

Dormant season inorganic nitrogen (N) leaching varies considerably among forested catchments with similar bedrock, forest cover and deposition history. Recent work has highlighted the importance of ...

But different microbes have distinct roles to play, and environmental factors influence activity. Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...

An experimental simulation of near-future changes in ocean chemistry suggests that aquatic nitrogen cycles could be profoundly disrupted, altering the basic structure of Earth's food webs. Nitrogen is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Simultaneous nitrification—denitrification (SND) of municipal wastewater was investigated in a laboratory-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) ...

Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different metabolisms and food choices, so do those microbes. In fact, microbes play an important role in making ...