Acidotolerant soil nitrite oxidiser 'Candidatus Nitrobacter laanbroekii' NHB1 alleviates constraints on growth of acidophilic soil ammonia oxidisers
Eleftheria Bachtsevani, Linda Hink, Yiyu Meng, Christopher J. Sedlacek, Sungeun Lee, Holger Daims, Michael Wagner, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin, Wietse de Boer, Christina Hazard, James I. Prosser, Graeme W. Nicol
This study characterizes the growth of Nitrobacter strain NHB1 under acidic conditions and shows its role in enhancing ammonia oxidation by acidophilic archaea in co-culture.
ISME Communications · Dec 21, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology