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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2000, p. 4532-4535, Vol. 66, No. 10
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Pacific Northwest Marine Sediments Contain Ammonia-Oxidizing
Bacteria in the
Subdivision of the
Proteobacteria
Stephen C.
Nold,1,2,*
Jizhong
Zhou,3
Allan H.
Devol,4 and
James M.
Tiedje1,2
Center for Microbial
Ecology1 and Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences,2 Michigan State University, East
Lansing, Michigan 48824; Environmental Sciences Division, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
378313; and School of Oceanography,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 982954
Received 14 February 2000/Accepted 8 August 2000
The diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in aquatic sediments
was studied by retrieving ammonia monooxygenase and methane monooxygenase gene sequences. Methanotrophs dominated freshwater sediments, while
-proteobacterial ammonia oxidizers dominated marine
sediments. These results suggest that
-proteobacteria such as
Nitrosococcus oceani are minor members of marine sediment ammonia-oxidizing communities.
*
Corresponding author. Present address: Department of
Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI 54751-0790. Phone: (715) 232-2560. Fax: (715) 232-2192. E-mail:
nolds{at}uwstout.edu.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2000, p. 4532-4535, Vol. 66, No. 10
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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