Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed information

Microorganism

Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis

Taxonomy

  • Phylum : Planctomycetes
  • Class : Candidatus Brocadiae
  • Order : Candidatus Brocadiales
  • Family : Candidatus Brocadiaceae
  • Genus : Candidatus Kuenenia

Isolation Source

nan

Enzyme Name

Hydrazine synthase subunit gamma

  • Encoding Gene:hzsC
  • DNA Size:2199546 bp
  • Nucleotide FASTA sequence: Link

  • UniProt I.D: Q1Q0T3

Protein Information

  • Pro_GenBank I.D: CAJ73612.1

  • Length:353 aa
  • Protein FASTA_sequence: Link

Information about Article

  • Reference:Strous et al., 2006
  • Title:Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome
  • Pubmed ID:16598256
  • Pubmed link: Link

  • Full research link: Link

  • Abstract:Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has become a main focus in oceanography and wastewater treatment. It is also the nitrogen cycle's major remaining biochemical enigma. Among its features, the occurrence of hydrazine as a free intermediate of catabolism, the biosynthesis of ladderane lipids and the role of cytoplasm differentiation are unique in biology. Here we use environmental genomics--the reconstruction of genomic data directly from the environment--to assemble the genome of the uncultured anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis from a complex bioreactor community. The genome data illuminate the evolutionary history of the Planctomycetes and allow us to expose the genetic blueprint of the organism's special properties. Most significantly, we identified candidate genes responsible for ladderane biosynthesis and biological hydrazine metabolism, and discovered unexpected metabolic versatility.