Community composition of nitrous oxide reducing bacteria investigated using a functional gene microarray

Jayakumar, A, Balachandran, D, Rees, AP, Kearns, PJ, Bowen, JL and Ward, BB 2018 Community composition of nitrous oxide reducing bacteria investigated using a functional gene microarray. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.10.002

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Abstract/Summary

The diversity and environmental distribution of the nosZ gene, which encodes the enzyme responsible for the consumption of nitrous oxide, was investigated in marine and terrestrial environments using a functional gene microarray. The microbial communities represented by the nosZ gene probes showed strong biogeographical separation. Communities from surface ocean waters and agricultural soils differed significantly from each other and from those in oceanic oxygen minimum zones. Atypical nosZ genes, usually associated with incomplete denitrification pathways, were detected in all the environments, including surface ocean waters. The abundance of nosZ genes, as estimated by quantitative PCR, was highest in agricultural soils and lowest in surface ocean waters.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Divisions:	Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine Biochemistry and Observations
Depositing User:	Kim Hockley
Date made live:	17 Oct 2018 11:18
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2020 09:59
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8022

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