TABLE 1.
Summary of relevant physiological parameters of both anaerobic ammonia and methane-oxidizing microorganisms.
| Anammox bacteria | Methylomirabilis bacteria | Methanoperedens archaea | |
| Doubling time (days) | 10 – 12b 11a 3f | 25e 14c 5i | 14–21 d at SRT of 10 d–1–h (40% archaea enrichment) |
| μMax(d–1) | 0.33f | 0.0495g 0.14i | ND |
| Yield (C-mol/energy source) | 0.066 ± 0.01a | 0.077 ± 0.027i | ND |
| Methane affinity | NA | 92 ± 5 μMe | >1000 μMd (S-dAOM) |
| Methane Vmax | NA | 97 μMe 2.6 ± 0.7 ± μMi | ND |
| Ammonia affinity | <5 μMa | NA | NA |
| Nitrite affinity | 0.2–5 μMb | 910 ± 90 μMe 7 μMi | ND |
| Nitrate affinity | NA | NA | 150 ± 29 μMj |
| Nitrite inhibition | 400 gNO2-N m3b | 40 g NO2-N m3e Estimated at 500 μMh | Estimated at 500 μMh |
Values from both real enrichments and mathematical models (underlined) are shown, NA = not applicable, ND = not described. All data has been collected from aStrous et al. (1998); bvan der Star et al. (2007); cEttwig et al. (2009); dMeulepas et al. (2009); eHe et al. (2013); fLotti et al. (2015); gWinkler et al. (2015); hGuerrero-Cruz (2018); iGuerrero-Cruz et al. (2019); jLu et al. (2019).