Abstract
Anammox is a nitrogen-removal technique that uses anaerobic ammonium oxidation. Anammox bacteria are autotrophic, meaning they do not need organic carbon to develop. Instead, they get their energy from converting ammonium and nitrite into dinitrogen gas in the absence of oxygen. As a result, the anammox process provides energy- and chemical-intensive alternative to current wastewater treatment systems for ammonia-nitrogen removal. The microbiology of anammox, their enrichment and identification techniques, factors affecting anammox-based treatment processes, carriers for immobilization and their effects on anammox bacteria, integration of anammox with other remediation technologies, and applications in wastewater treatment are all discussed in this chapter, which can help guide future research and implementation of anammox-based technologies.
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