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- Title
Composition of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and their contribution to nitrification in a high-temperature hot spring.
- Authors
Chen, S.; Peng, X.-T.; Xu, H.-C.; Ta, K.-W.
- Abstract
The oxidation of ammonia by microbes and associated organisms has been shown to occur in diverse natural environments. However, the contribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea to nitrification in high-temperature environments remains unclear. Here, we studied in situ ammonia oxidation rates and the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in surface and bottom sediments at 77 °C in the Gongxiaoshe hot spring, Tengchong, Yunnan, China. The in situ ammonia oxidation rates measured by the 15N-NO3- pool dilution technique in the surface sinter and bottom sediments were 4.8 and 5.3 nmolNg-1 h-1, respectively. Relative abundances of Crenarchaea in both samples were determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA genes showed high sequence similarity to thermophilic "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus yellowstonii", which represented the most abundant operation taxonomic units (OTU) in both sediments. Furthermore, bacterial amoA was not detected in this study. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) indicated that AOA and 16S rRNA genes were present in the range of 2.75 to 9.80×105 and 0.128 to 1.96×108 genecopiesg-1 sediment. The cell-specific nitrification rates were estimated to be in the range of 0.41 to 0.79 fmolNarchaeal cell-1 h-1, which is consistent with earlier estimates in estuary environments. This study demonstrated that AOA were widely involved in nitrification in this hot spring. It further indicated the importance of archaea rather than bacteria in driving the nitrogen cycle in terrestrial geothermal environments.
- Subjects
ARCHAEBACTERIA; AMMONIA-oxidizing bacteria; NITRIFICATION; HOT springs; GEOTHERMAL ecology
- Publication
Biogeosciences Discussions, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 19, p16255
- ISSN
1810-6277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/bgd-12-16255-2015