title: Nitrosomonas communis strain YNSRA, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, isolated from the reed rhizoplane in an aquaponics plant.
abstract: An ammonia-oxidizing bacterium (strain YNSRA) was isolated from the rhizoplane of the reed (Phragmites communis) used in an aquaponics plant which is a wastewater treatment plant. Strain YNSRA was identified as Nitrosomonas communis by taxonomic studies. The hydroxylamine-cytochrome c reductase (HCR) of strain YNSRA was found to have a higher activity (25.60 u/mg) than that of Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC25978T (8.94 u/mg). Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RubisCO) activity was detected at very low levels in strain YNSRA, whereas strain ATCC25978T had definite activity.
authors.affiliation: College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. tokuyama@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
authors.forename: Atsusi
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authors.lastname: Mine
authors.forename: Kaoru
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authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: Ryuichi
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authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Kazuo
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authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
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authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Reiji
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authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koji
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authors.lastname: Itonaga