Diversity, Community Composition and Abundance of Anammox Bacteria in Sediments of the North Marginal Seas of China.

ABSTRACT: Over the past few decades, anammox bacteria have been recognized as key players that contribute significantly to the release of large amounts of nitrogen in the global marine nitrogen cycle. In the present study, the diversity, community composition, and abundance of anammox bacteria from the sediments of four diverse regions in the north marginal seas in China were determined via clone library construction and a quantitative PCR analysis. The clone libraries retrieved by the 16S rRNA gene and Hzo gene markers indicated that "Candidatus Scalindua" was the predominant group throughout the sites examined. The 16S rRNA gene clone libraries revealed exceptional diversity by identifying two potential novel anammox clades, as evidenced by the high sequence similarities between these two clades a

SUBMITTER: Shehzad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4912145 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature