Review Article

The Increasing Interest of ANAMMOX Research in China: Bacteria, Process Development, and Application

Table 1

Natural distribution, abundance, and identification of ANAMMOX bacteria from different ecosystems in China.

EcosystemAbundanceANAMMOX BacteriaAreaReference

South China Sea, Tai Lam Chung Water Reservoir and Mai Po Nature ReserveN.A.Scalindua, Jettenia, Kuenenia, Anammoxoglobus, and BrocadiaSouth China[53]
South China Sea to ScalinduaSouth China[54]
Jiaozhou Bay to Scalindua, Jettenia, Brocadia, Anammoxoglobus, and KueneniaEast China[55]
Shengli Oilfield at Yellow River Delta  copies/g of soilBrocadia, Kuenenia, Scalindua, Jettenia, and Anammoxoglobus East China[56]
Paddy fieldN.A.Kuenenia, Anammoxoglobus, Jettenia, and BrocadiaNorth China[57]
Freshwater sediments of the Xinyi RiverN.A.Scalindua East China[58]
Different natural ecosystemsN.A.Brocadia, Kuenenia, Scalindua, and Jettenia East China[12]
Pharmaceutical wastewaterN.A.Photobacterium phosphoreumEast China[40]
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) wastewaterN.A.KueneniaEast China[59]
Qiantang RiverN.A.Brocadia, Kuenenia and ScalinduaEast China[13]
Honghe State Farm soilN.A.Scalindua Northeast
China
[60]
Wetland105 copies/gScalindua, Kuenenia, Brocadia, and Jettenia South China[61]
Qiantang RiverN.A.AOA and AOBEast China[62]
Paddy soilN.A.Anammoxoglobus, Jettenia, and Anammoxoglobus propionicusEast China[63]
Qiantang RiverN.A.Brocadia, Kuenenia and ScalinduaEast China[64]
Paddy Soil ColumnN.A.Nitrososphaera, Nitrosotalea and NitrosopumilusEast China[65]
Jiaojiang EstuaryN.A.Brocadia, Kuenenia, Scalindua, and JetteniaEast China[66]
Agricultural soils to Brocadia, Kuenenia, Jettenia, and AnammoxoglobusEast China[67]
Mai Po Nature ReserveN.A.Scalindua, Kuenenia, Scalindua, and AnammoxoglobusSouth China[68]
Paddy soil to Brocadia and Jettenia North China[69]
Waste LakeN.A.Brocadia, Kuinenia, and ScalinduaEast China[70]

N.A.: not available; AOA: ammonia-oxidizing archaea, AOB: ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.