title: [Distribution of Aerobic Ammonia-Oxidizing Microorganisms in Sediments from Adjacent Waters of Rushan Bay].
abstract: Nitrogen cycle is a key process in material circulation of marine ecosystem, which plays an important role in maintaining ecological balance. The ammonia oxidation process promoted by aerobic ammonia-oxidizing microorganism (AOM) is a rate-limiting step of nitrification. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR ), along with the determination of potential nitrification rates (PNR) was carried out in this study to understand the distribution of AOM in sediments of adjacent waters of Rushan Bay in August, 2014. The results indicated that the abundance of total ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) was always greater than that of total ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the three sampling stations; the ratio of active AOB to total AOB was less than 1%, while no active AOA was detected in this study; the PNR significantly decreased after adding ampicillin which could inhibit the activity of AOB (P < 0.05). It was speculated that AOB might play a more important role in the ammonia oxidation in sediments of adjacent waters of Rushan Bay in August, 2014. Dissolved oxygen concentrations, temperature and ammonium concentrations played a significant role in distribution of AOM in sediments of adjacent waters of Rushan Bay.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhen
authors.forename: Tie-zhu
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lu-lu
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhi-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism*; D001105:Archaea / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D061006:Bays / Q000382:microbiology*; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D058465:Nitrification; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012623:Seawater
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia