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. 2020 Sep 21;8(9):1442. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091442

Table 2.

Summary of microorganisms participating in nitrogen cycling.

Phylum Taxa Role References
Cyanobacteria Nostoc commune Nitrogen fixation [38]
Dichothrix
Nodularia
Hydrocoryne
Hydrocoryne
Nitrogen sequestration [39,40]
Nitrosospira
Nitrosomonas
Ammonia oxidation [41,42]
Nostoc
Anabeana
Nitrification [12,43]
Actinobacteria Streptomyces
Frankeniaceae
Nitrogen fixation [44,45]
- Denitrification [25,37]
Bacteroidetes - Denitrification [34,36,44]
Proteobacteria Burkholderiales Nitrogen input [46]
Deltaproteobacteria Denitrification [34,36,44]
Chloroflexi - Denitrification [44,45]
Thaumarchaeota Crenarchaeota Marine Group 1.1b Nitrogen fixation [47]
Nitrososphaerales Ammonia oxidizing [25,41,42,48,49]
Basidiomycota Ascomycota Rhodotorula muscorum
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus aerius
Cryptococcus albidus
Nitrogen mineralization, nitrogen assimilation and ammonification [50,51]
Trichosporon cutaneum Denitrification [52]
Candida sp. Denitrification [52]