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Diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in sediments of the Westerschelde estuary
Sahan, E.; Muyzer, G. (2008). Diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in sediments of the Westerschelde estuary. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 64(2): 175-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00462.x
In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. Federation of European Microbiological Societies: Amsterdam. ISSN 0168-6496; e-ISSN 1574-6941, more
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Keywords
    Population dynamics
    Nitrosomonas Winogradsky, 1892 [WoRMS]
    ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Appelzak [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Biezelingse Ham Mud Flat [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, PaulinaSchor [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water
Author keywords
    amoA; Crenarchaeota; Nitrosomonas; Nitrosospira; population dynamics

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Abstract
    The diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea (AOA) and Bacteria (AOB) were investigated along a salinity gradient in sediments of the Westerschelde estuary. Sediment samples were collected from three sites with different salinities, and at six time points over the year. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA and amoA gene fragments was used to identify the AOA and AOB present. Members of the AOA were mainly belonging to the Crenarchaeota Group 1, which were found at all sites, while members of the genus Nitrosomonas, which were abundant at the brackish sites, and of the genus Nitrosospira, which were present in early spring at the marine sites, were found to be the dominant AOB. Statistical analysis indicated that salinity and temperature were the main factors controlling the diversity and distribution of both AOA and AOB. Variability in net primary production rates was also correlated with species composition of both groups, but changes in the nitrite concentration only to the distribution of the AOA.

Dataset
  • DIVMOM: Creach, V., Kromkamp J., Stal L. 2003: Relationship between diversity and productivity of benthic diatoms along the salinity gradient in the Westerschelde, The Netherlands. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1213, more

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