aerobic respiration, using ammonia as electron donor

id: GO:0019409
name: aerobic respiration, using ammonia as electron donor
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The metabolic process in which ammonia (NH3) is oxidized to nitrite (NO2) in the presence of oxygen; enzymatic reactions convert ammonia to hydrazine, and hydrazine to nitrite.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009060aerobic respiration
GO:0015975energy derivation by oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds
GO:0019329ammonia oxidation
GO:0034641cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process