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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 93, Issue 9, Pages 2124-2131Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.063
Keywords
Anammox; Denitrification; Membrane inlet mass spectrometry; Isotope-pairing 16S rRNA; River systems
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- Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Science [KZCX2-YWGJ01]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41071196, 41061140515]
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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has been recently recognized as an important pathway for the removal of fixed nitrogen (N) from aquatic systems. However, the functions of anammox in freshwater river systems remain uncertain. In this study, we evaluated the occurrence of anammox activity in two rivers in the Taihu Lake region in China during a seasonal survey. Homogenized sediments were incubated with 15N-labeled NO and NF11,- amendments to determine the potential importance of the anammox process relative to canonical denitrification. Production of N-29(2) and N-30(2) in slurries was determined using membrane inlet mass spectrometry. Potential anammox rates in the two river sediments ranged from 0.11(+/-)0.07 to 6.79 +/- 1.28 nmol N 111-211-1 and the remove of N by anammox accounted for 0.8 0.00% to 10.7 +/- 0.03% of total N2 production. Potential anammox rates varied spatially and temporally in the two rivers, with the highest and lowest mean anammox rates appearing during summer and early autumn and during winter, respectively. The variation of the percentage of anammox to total N-2 production displayed the same trend with potential anammox rates. Water temperature and NO content in sediments were the main factors affecting anammox activity. Anammox bacteria were detected in sediment samples using barcode pyrosequencing. The S-16 rRNA anammox gene sequences in the river sediments were affiliated with Candidatus Kuenenia, Candidatus Jettenia, and Candidatus Scalindua, among which C Kuenenia dominated the anammox bacterial communities. Our results confirmed the presence of anammox bacteria but their role is relatively small in removing fixed N from freshwater river systems. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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