Why is metabolic labour divided in nitrification?
Trends Microbiol. 2006 May; 14(5):213-9
Gerard Muyzer
13 Jun 2006
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Interesting Hypothesis
A fascinating paper explaining the division of metabolic labour in nitrification.
Ammonium-oxidizing and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria are performing this process by an optimal design of their metabolic pathways, and so are maximizing the rate of ATP production.
Sharing of metabolic labour might be a more common phenomenon in microbiology...
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