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Session Proposal: The Role of the Feammox Process in the Global Nitrogen Cycle, Mechanistic Insights, and Novel Applications (AGU25)

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The Role of the Feammox Process in the Global Nitrogen Cycle, Mechanistic Insights, and Novel Applications

Session ID#: 249849

Session Description:
Twenty years since the discovery of the Feammox process —ammonium oxidation under iron reduction— which has been observed in diverse environments, including agricultural soils, wetland, riverine and estuarine sediments, its role in- and contribution to the global nitrogen cycling remain elusive. The oxidation of ammonium to nitrite, favored under acidic conditions, and to nitrate, which is energetically more favorable have been reported, suggesting possibly distinct underlying mechanisms. The acidophilic Acidimicrobium sp. strain A6 (A6), linked to ammonium oxidation to nitrite, has been identified in many Feammox-active environments, and it is likely that other organisms capable of performing this reaction are yet to be identified. Conveners invite contributions that advance the understanding of the Feammox process in the global nitrogen cycle, new mechanistic insights, interactions with other iron reducing or nitrogen bacteria, alternate electron acceptors, environmental parameters that favor the Feammox process, or novel applications in biotechnology and water quality management.
Index Terms:

0404 Anoxic and hypoxic environments [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0469 Nitrogen cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1865 Soils [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Peter R Jaffe, Princeton University, Princeton, United States
Conveners:  Shan Huang, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States and Jinhee Park, Princeton University, Princeton, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Melany Ruiz-Urigüen, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
 
A microfluidic bioreactor for cultivating Acidimicrobium sp. strain A6 under soil-like, anaerobic conditions (1886329)
Ali Karimi, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Shan Huang, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, Peter R Jaffe, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States and Alireza Abbaspourrad, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
 
Acidimicrobium sp. strain A6 enhances bioavailaibilty of crystalline Fe oxides in co-cultures with Geobacter sulfurreducens (1942689)
Jinhee Park1, Peter R Jaffe2, Joshua Atkinson2, Shan Huang3 and Bruce Koel2, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, United States, (3)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
The distribution of Feammox bacteria and their contribution to ammonium oxidation in coastal zones (Invited) (1953145)
Chen Chen, SCIES South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Fabiano Thompson, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
 
Biochar stimulates nitrogen loss in anoxic soil through ammonium oxidation coupled with iron reduction (1958411)
Bo Yi, LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France
 
Effect of Elemental Sulfur on the Feammox Process for Acidimicorbium Sp. Strain A6 (1968459)
Chiara Smorada1, Shan Huang1, Peter R Jaffe2, Sebastian Cuahutle Martinez3 and Blue Carlsson2, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States, (3)Boston College, Human Centered Engineering, Chestnut Hill, United States
 
Enhanced Feammox Activity via Activated Carbon and Ion Exchange Resins as Microbial Carriers for Wetland Enrichment Culture (1996324)
Zihuizhong Ye, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Shan Huang, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States and Peter R Jaffe, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
 
Exploring Feammox Activity and Microbial Drivers in Iron-Rich Freshwater sediments (2002158)
Shan Huang1, Chiara Smorada1, Qiuen Yu1 and Peter R Jaffe2, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
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