Brocadia

[6][7] Due to this, much of what is known about Candidatus species (including Brocadia) has been discovered using culture-independent techniques such as metagenomic sequence analysis.

Many of the species in this genus, including those already listed, are capable of anaerobic ammonium oxidation, also known as anammox, an important part of the global nitrogen cycle.

[7] The anammoxosome is a membrane-bound component of the cell that does not contain DNA or ribosomes, and it is where the anammox process takes place.

Brocadia, like other anammox bacteria, have integral ladderane lipids embedded in the membranes of their anammoxosome.

Brocadia and others are used in industrial waste water treatment plants using sequencing batch reactors, rotating biological contactors, membrane bioreactors, and many others.

[15] These reactors are ideal for industrial waste water treatment due to their high sludge retention.

[13] Its name was chosen based on where the bacteria was discovered: 'Brocadia' for the pilot plant it was found in at Gist-brocades, and 'anammoxidans' due to its ability to perform anammox.

[13] This was determined after its 16S ribosomal DNA was extracted, amplified, and sequenced, and it was seen to fall within the phylum of Planctomycetota.

B. sinica was directly compared against its type species in both natural and man-made environments where anammox was performed.

B. sinica was also shown to have higher resistance to dissolved oxygen in growth media, comparatively.

Two excitation and emission values were found associated with this autofluorescence, which could suggest more than one compound contributes to this unique trait.