Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan., 2010), pp. 365-376 (12 pages) The presence and abundance of anaerobic ammonium—oxidizing (anammox) bacteria was investigated in continental shelf and ...

For instance, the unique stereoisomer of bacteriohopanetetrol (BHT-x) synthesized by anammox bacteria has been proposed as a proxy for identifying anoxic conditions in marine environments.