Comammox bacterial preference for urea influences its interactions with aerobic nitrifiers.
K. J. Vilardi, J. Johnston, Z. Dai, I. Cotto, E. Tuttle, A. Patterson, A. Stubbins, K. Pieper, A. Pinto
This study investigates how nitrogen source and loading conditions affect interactions between comammox bacteria and aerobic nitrifiers in continuous flow reactors, finding that urea promotes comammox abundance while ammonia inhibits it.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology