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Differential responses of ammonia/ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms in mangrove sediment to amendment of acetate and leaf litter

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The effects of acetate and leaf litter powder on ammonia/ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs) in mangrove sediment were investigated in a laboratory incubation study for a period of 60 days. The results showed that different AOMs responded differently to the addition of acetate and leaf litter. A higher diversity of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria was observed when acetate or leaf litter was added than the control. However, acetate and leaf litter generally inhibited the growth of anammox bacteria despite that leaf litter promoted their growth in the first 5 days. The inhibitory effects on anammox bacteria were more pronounced by acetate than by leaf litter. Neither acetate nor leaf litter affected ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) community structures, but promoted their growth. For ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), the addition of acetate or leaf litter resulted in changes of community structures and promoted their growth in the early phase of the incubation. In addition, the promoting effects by leaf litter on AOB growth were more obvious than acetate. These results indicated that organic substances affect AOM community structures and abundances. The study suggests that leaf litter has an important influence on the community structures and abundances of AOMs in mangrove sediment and affects the nitrogen cycle in such ecosystem.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported partially by a Ph.D. studentship from the Graduate School of The University of Hong Kong (Y-FW), Environmental and Conservation Fund grant No. 15/2011 and RGC GRF grant HKU_701913 (J-DG). Additional financial support of this project was by the State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution at the City University of Hong Kong and Environmental Toxicology Education and Research Fund of this laboratory. We would like to thank Ms. Jessie Lai and Ms. Kelly Lau for technical support in chemical analysis, and Dr. Meng Li for assistance in field sampling.

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    Yong-Feng Wang

  2. Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Yong-Feng Wang & Ji-Dong Gu

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-Yan Li

  4. The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Shek O, Cape d’Aguilar, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Ji-Dong Gu

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Wang, YF., Li, XY. & Gu, JD. Differential responses of ammonia/ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms in mangrove sediment to amendment of acetate and leaf litter. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98, 3165–3180 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5318-7

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