title: Assessment of denitrifying bacterial composition in activated sludge.
abstract: The abundance and structure of denitrifying bacterial community in different activated sludge samples were assessed, where the abundance of denitrifying functional genes showed nirS in the range of 10(4)-10(5), nosZ with 10(4)-10(6) and 16S rRNA gene in the range 10(9)-10(10) copy number per ml of sludge. The culturable approach revealed Pseudomonas sp. and Alcaligenes sp. to be numerically high, whereas culture independent method showed betaproteobacteria to dominate the sludge samples. Comamonas sp. and Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates showed efficient denitrification, while Pseudomonas mendocina, Pseudomonas stutzeri and Brevundimonas diminuta accumulated nitrite during denitrification. Numerically dominant RFLP OTUs of the nosZ gene from the fertilizer factory sludge samples clustered with the known isolates of betaproteobacteria. The data also suggests the presence of different truncated denitrifiers with high numbers in sludge habitat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Srinandan
authors.forename: Mrinal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Bhavita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Anuradha S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nerurkar
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D044822:Biodiversity; D017931:DNA Primers; D058440:Denitrification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012722:Sewage