Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 8, 2026

Electrochemically and Bioelectrochemically Induced Ammonium Recovery
Published on: January 22, 2015
[Specificity of Intact Ladderane Lipids in Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing Bacteria from Four Reactors]
Han Wang1, Fang Fang1, Kai Li1
1College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
Abstract:
Intact ladderane lipids are a special kind of phospholipids in the anammoxosome membrane of AnAOB.Phospholipid organic mixture was extracted respectively from four sludge samples in anaerobic EGSB reactor,aerobic SBR reactor,autotrophic nitrogen removal SBBR reactor and anaerobic ammonium oxidation EGSB reactor.Phospholipid extracts of sludge were detected by the HPLC-ESI-MS/MS method to determine the types of intact ladderane lipids,and the specificity of intact ladderane lipids was also analyzed,at the same time,the bacterial community structure of autotrophic nitrogen removal SBBR reactor and anaerobic ammonium oxidation EGSB reactor was determined by high-throughput sequencing technology.Analytical results of intact ladderane lipids showed that intact ladderane lipids were not detected from anaerobic EGSB reactor and aerobic SBR reactor,and were detected from autotrophic nitrogen removal SBBR reactor and anaerobic ammonium oxidation EGSB reactor.Five kinds of intact ladderane lipids were detected in the phospholipid extract of sludge from autotrophic nitrogen removal SBBR reactor,and seven kinds of intact ladderane lipids were detected in the phospholipid extract of sludge from anaerobic ammonium oxidation EGSB reactor.The results of high-throughput sequencing confirmed that the autotrophic nitrogen SBBR reactor contained AnAOB of the genera Candidatus Brocadia and Candidatus Jettenia,and the anaerobic ammonium oxidation EGSB reactor contained AnAOB of the genera Candidatus Kuenenia and Candidatus Jettenia.These results illustrated that intact ladderane lipids were the peculiar phospholipids in AnAOB.
Related Concept Videos
Oxidation Numbers
What are Lipids?
What are Lipids?
Non-Polar and Hydrophobic Characteristics of Lipids
Lipids are a structurally and functionally diverse group of hydrocarbons—compounds consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms. The carbon-carbon and...
Lipid Digestion
Structure of Lipids
Pyruvate Oxidation
First, the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase removes the carboxyl group from pyruvate and releases it as carbon dioxide. The stripped molecule is then oxidized and releases electrons, which are then picked up by NAD+...

