Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms,including ammoniaoxidizing bacteria(AOB)and archaea(AOA),are important to the global nitrogen cycle.These microbes catalyze the oxidization of ammonia(NH3)to nitrite(NO2-),the ratelimi...
supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany(Research unit Nano Umwelt,funding code 03X0150C)
The increasing production and use of engineered silver nanoparticles(AgNP) in industry and private households are leading to increased concentrations of AgNP in the environment. An ecological risk assessment of AgNP...