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NIE San'an |
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Denitrification is considered as the dominant nitrogen (N) removing pathway, however, anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox) also plays a significant part in N loss in agricultural ecosystems. Large N inputs into agricultural soils may stimulate the growth of anammox bacteria, resulting in high activity and diversity of anammox bacteria and subsequent more N loss. In some specific niches, like oxic-anoxic interface, three processes, nitrification, anammox and denitrification couple with each other, and significant anammox reaction could be observed. Soil parameters like pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), and substrate concentrations impact the anammox process. Here we summarize the current knowledge on anammox activity and contribution to N loss, abundance and diversity of anammox bacteria, factors affecting anammox, and the relationship between anammox and other N loss pathways in agricultural soils. We propose that more investigations are required for (1) the role of anammox to N loss with different agricultural management strategies; (2) microscale research on the coupling of nitrification-anammox-denitrification, that might be a very complex process but ideal model for further studies responsible for N cycling in terrestrial ecosystems; and (3) new methods to estimate differential contributions of anammox, codenitrification and denitrification in total N loss in agricultural ecosystems. New research will provide much needed information to quantify the contribution of anammox in N loss from soils at landscape, ecosystem and global scales. |
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ZHU Yong-Guan |
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127-134 |
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JAN 2019 |
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244 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION |
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.050 |
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