. DNA analysis of the SNAP biomass revealed the existence of three dominant groups of bacteria including ammonium oxidizers closely related to Nitrosomonas europaea, nitrite oxidizers closely related to Nitrospira sp.; and anammox bacteria closely related to strains KU and KSU . These bacteria were suggested to exist in a dynamic equilibrium.
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