title: Development of a whole community genome amplification-assisted DNA microarray method to detect functional genes involved in the nitrogen cycle.
abstract: A novel DNA microarray analysis targeting key functional genes involved in most nitrogen cycling reactions was developed to comprehensively analyze microbial populations associated with the nitrogen cycle. The developed microarray contained 876 oligonucleotide probes based on the nucleotide sequences of the nif, amo, hao/hzo, nap, nar, nirK, nirS, nrf, cnor, qnor and nos genes. An analytical method combining detection by the designed microarray with whole community genome amplification was then applied to monitor the nitrogen cycling microorganisms in river water and wastewater treatment sludge samples. The developed method revealed that nitrogen cycling microorganisms in river water appeared to become less diverse in response to input of effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Additionally, the nitrogen cycling community associated with anaerobic ammonium oxidation and partial nitrification reactors could be reasonably analyzed by the developed method. However, the results obtained for two activated sludge samples from municipal wastewater treatment plants with almost equivalent wastewater treatment performance differed greatly from each other. These results suggested that the developed method is useful for comprehensive analysis of nitrogen cycling microorganisms, although its applicability to complex samples with abundant untargeted populations should be further examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara-Minami, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Junqin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sei
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Michihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ike
mesh_terms: D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics*; D054892:Metagenome; D058458:Nitrogen Cycle; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000235:genetics; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012722:Sewage
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