anaerobic respiration, using ammonium as electron donor

id: GO:0019331
name: anaerobic respiration, using ammonium as electron donor
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The oxidation of ammonium (NH4) to nitrogen (N2) in the absence of oxygen, using nitrite (NO2) as the electron acceptor. It is suggested that hydroxylamine and ammonium are combined to yield hydrazine, which is subsequently oxidized to N2.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009061anaerobic respiration
GO:0015975energy derivation by oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds
GO:0019329ammonia oxidation
GO:0034641cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process