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Article: Spatial distribution and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in mangrove sediments

TitleSpatial distribution and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in mangrove sediments
Authors
KeywordsAbundance
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA)
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB)
Anammox
Community structures
Diversity
hzo gene
Mangrove sediments
Issue Date2011
PublisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00253/index.htm
Citation
Applied Microbiology And Biotechnology, 2011, v. 89 n. 4, p. 1243-1254 How to Cite?
AbstractWe investigated the diversity, spatial distribution, and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in sediment samples of different depths collected from a transect with different distances to mangrove forest in the territories of Hong Kong. Both the archaeal and bacterial amoA genes (encoding ammonia monooxygenase subunit A) from all samples supported distinct phylogenetic groups, indicating the presences of niche-specific AOA and AOB in mangrove sediments. The higher AOB abundances than AOA in mangrove sediments, especially in the vicinity of the mangrove trees, might indicate the more important role of AOB on nitrification. The spatial distribution showed that AOA had higher diversity and abundance in the surface layer sediments near the mangrove trees (0 and 10 m) but lower away from the mangrove trees (1,000 m), and communities of AOA could be clustered into surface and bottom sediment layer groups. In contrast, AOB showed a reverse distributed pattern, and its communities were grouped by the distances between sites and mangrove trees, indicating mangrove trees might have different influences on AOA and AOB community structures. Furthermore, the strong correlations among archaeal and bacterial amoA gene abundances and their ratio with NH 4 + , salinity, and pH of sediments indicated that these environmental factors have strong influences on AOA and AOB distributions in mangrove sediments. In addition, AOA diversity and abundances were significantly correlated with hzo gene abundances, which encodes the key enzyme for transformation of hydrazine into N 2 in anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria, indicating AOA and anammox bacteria may interact with each other or they are influenced by the same controlling factors, such as NH 4 + . The results provide a better understanding on using mangrove wetlands as biological treatment systems for removal of nutrients. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/145037
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.957
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government
Faculty of Science on Sustainable Water at The University of Hong Kong
National Natural Science Foundation of China3080032
Chinese Academy of SciencesKZCX2-YW-QN207
07YQ091001
Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation84510301001692
Funding Information:

This research was supported in part by grants from Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, and Faculty of Science on Sustainable Water at The University of Hong Kong (to J-DG); National Natural Science Foundation of China (3080032), Knowledge Innovation Key Project of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-QN207), Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation (84510301001692), and a start-up fund for Excellent Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (07YQ091001) (to Y-GH). We would like to thank Jessie Lai for laboratory support at The University of Hong Kong.

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dc.contributor.authorCao, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHong, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGu, JDen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-21T05:43:05Z-
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dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationApplied Microbiology And Biotechnology, 2011, v. 89 n. 4, p. 1243-1254en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0175-7598en_HK
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dc.description.abstractWe investigated the diversity, spatial distribution, and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in sediment samples of different depths collected from a transect with different distances to mangrove forest in the territories of Hong Kong. Both the archaeal and bacterial amoA genes (encoding ammonia monooxygenase subunit A) from all samples supported distinct phylogenetic groups, indicating the presences of niche-specific AOA and AOB in mangrove sediments. The higher AOB abundances than AOA in mangrove sediments, especially in the vicinity of the mangrove trees, might indicate the more important role of AOB on nitrification. The spatial distribution showed that AOA had higher diversity and abundance in the surface layer sediments near the mangrove trees (0 and 10 m) but lower away from the mangrove trees (1,000 m), and communities of AOA could be clustered into surface and bottom sediment layer groups. In contrast, AOB showed a reverse distributed pattern, and its communities were grouped by the distances between sites and mangrove trees, indicating mangrove trees might have different influences on AOA and AOB community structures. Furthermore, the strong correlations among archaeal and bacterial amoA gene abundances and their ratio with NH 4 + , salinity, and pH of sediments indicated that these environmental factors have strong influences on AOA and AOB distributions in mangrove sediments. In addition, AOA diversity and abundances were significantly correlated with hzo gene abundances, which encodes the key enzyme for transformation of hydrazine into N 2 in anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria, indicating AOA and anammox bacteria may interact with each other or they are influenced by the same controlling factors, such as NH 4 + . The results provide a better understanding on using mangrove wetlands as biological treatment systems for removal of nutrients. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00253/index.htmen_HK
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dc.rightsThe Author(s)en_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectAbundanceen_HK
dc.subjectAmmonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA)en_HK
dc.subjectAmmonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB)en_HK
dc.subjectAnammoxen_HK
dc.subjectCommunity structuresen_HK
dc.subjectDiversityen_HK
dc.subjecthzo geneen_HK
dc.subjectMangrove sedimentsen_HK
dc.subject.meshAmmonia - metabolism-
dc.subject.meshArchaea - classification - isolation and purification-
dc.subject.meshBacteria - classification - isolation and purification-
dc.subject.meshBiodiversity-
dc.subject.meshSoil Microbiology-
dc.titleSpatial distribution and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in mangrove sedimentsen_HK
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