Table 1.
Physiological characteristics of “Candidatus Scalindua sp.” and four anammox bacteria identified elsewhere: “Candidatus Brocadia sinica,” “Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans,” “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis,” and “Candidatus Scalindua profunda”
| Parameter | Value(s) for: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Ca. Scalindua sp.” | “Ca. Brocadia sinica” | “Ca. Brocadia anammoxidans” | “Ca. Kuenenia stuttgartiensis” | “Ca. Scalindua profunda” | |
| Growth temp (°C) | 10–30 | 25–45 | 20–43 | 25–37 | 15–45 |
| Growth pH | 6.0–8.5 | 7.0–8.8 | 6.7–8.3 | 6.5–9.0 | 7.4 |
| Growth salinity (%) or level of salinity (mmol) | 1.5–4.0 | <3 | Not determined | 200 mmol (chloride) | 3.3 |
| Biomass yield (mmol C [mmol N]−1) | 0.030 | 0.063 | 0.07 | Not determined | Not determined |
| Ks for ammonium (μM) | 3 | 28 ± 4 | <5 | Not determined | Not determined |
| Ks for nitrite (μM) | 0.45 | 86 ± 4 | <5 | 0.2–3 | Not determined |
| Activation energy (kJ mol−1) | 81.4 ± 3 | 56 ± 3 | 70 | Not determined | Not determined |
| Protein content of biomass (g protein [g VSS]−1) | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.6 | Not determined | Not determined |
| μmax (h−1) | 0.0020 | 0.0041 | 0.0027 | 0.0026–0.0035 | Not determined |
| Tolerance | |||||
| Nitrite (mM) | 7.5 | <16 | 7 | 13, 25 | Not determined |
| Ammonium (mM) | >16 | Not determined | Not determined | Not determined | Not determined |