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Community structure and in situ activity of nitrifying bacteria in Phragmites root-associated biofilms.

ABSTRACT: The amount of oxygen released by Phragmites roots and the community structure and in situ activity of nitrifying bacteria in the root biofilms were analyzed by the combined use of 16S rRNA gene-cloning analysis, quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay and microelectrodes. Axial and radial O? microprofiles were obtained for individual roots of Phragmites in a horizontal flow reactor fed with artificial medium continuously. Axial O? profiles revealed that O? was released at a rate of 0.21 ?mol O? cm?² (root surface area) h?¹ only in the apical region (up to ca. 40 mm from the root apex), where there was a high abundance (10? to 10? copies g?¹ biomass) of Nitrosomonas-like AOB and Nitrospira-like NOB. This abundance, however, sharply declined to the detection limit at positions more basal than 80 mm. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene identified strains related to Nitrosomonas oligotropha and Nitrosomonas cryotolerans as the predominant AOB and strains related to Nitrospira marina and Nitrospira moscoviensis as the predominant NOB in the root biofilms. Based on radial O? microprofiles, the oxic region only extended about 0.5 mm into the surrounding sediment due to a high rate of O? consumption in the rhizosphere. The net NH?? and O? consumption rates in the apical region were higher than those determined at the oxic sediment surface in which the abundance of AOB and NOB was one order of magnitude lower than in the rhizosphere. These results clearly indicated that Phragmites root biofilms played an important role in nitrification in the waterlogged anoxic sediment.

SUBMITTER: Okabe S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4036055 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Community structure and in situ activity of nitrifying bacteria in Phragmites root-associated biofilms.

Okabe Satoshi S Nakamura Yoshiyuki Y Satoh Hisashi H

Microbes and environments 20120323 3

The amount of oxygen released by Phragmites roots and the community structure and in situ activity of nitrifying bacteria in the root biofilms were analyzed by the combined use of 16S rRNA gene-cloning analysis, quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay and microelectrodes. Axial and radial O₂ microprofiles were obtained for individual roots of Phragmites in a horizontal flow reactor fed with artificial medium continuously. Axial O₂ profiles revealed that O₂ was released at a rate of 0.21 μmol O₂ cm⁻² (root ...[more]

PMID: 22446303

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