Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Coupled to Nitrite Reduction by Halophilic Marine NC10 Bacteria

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to nitrite reduction is a novel AOM process that is mediated by denitrifying methanotrophs. To date, enrichments of these denitrifying methanotrophs have been confined to freshwater systems; however, the recent findings of 16S rRNA and pmoA gene sequences in marine sediments suggest a possible occurrence of AOM coupled to nitrite reduction in marine systems. In this research, a marine denitrifying methanotrophic culture was obtained after 20 months of enrichment. Activity testing and quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis were then conducted and showed that the methane oxidation activity and the number of NC10 bacteria increased correlatively during the enrichment period. 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that only bacteria in group A of the NC10 phylum were enriched and responsible for the resulting methane oxidation activity, although a diverse community of NC10 bacteria was harbored in the inoculum. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed that NC10 bacteria were dominant in the enrichment culture after 20 months. The effect of salinity on the marine denitrifying methanotrophic culture was investigated, and the apparent optimal salinity was 20.5‰, which suggested that halophilic bacterial AOM coupled to nitrite reduction was obtained. Moreover, the apparent substrate affinity coefficients of the halophilic denitrifying methanotrophs were determined to be 9.8 ± 2.2 μM for methane and 8.7 ± 1.5 μM for nitrite..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

Enthalten in:

Applied and environmental microbiology - 81(2015), 16, Seite 5538

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Zhanfei [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Sha [Sonstige Person]
Cai, Chaoyang [Sonstige Person]
Liu, Shuai [Sonstige Person]
Liu, Yan [Sonstige Person]
Pan, Yawei [Sonstige Person]
Lou, Liping [Sonstige Person]
Zheng, Ping [Sonstige Person]
Xu, Xinhua [Sonstige Person]
Hu, Baolan [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Bacteria
Chemical properties
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Methane
Microbiology
Nitrates
Nitrites
Oxidation
Oxidation-reduction reaction
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OLC1964005124