Microbial Populations Responsive to Denitrification-Inducing Conditions in Rice Paddy Soil, as Revealed by Comparative 16S rRNA Gene Analysis

Rice paddy soil has been shown to have strong denitrifying activity. However, the microbial populations responsible for nitrate respiration and denitrification have not been well characterized. In this study, we performed a clone library analysis of >1,000 clones of the nearly full-length 16S rRN...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009-11, Vol.75 (22), p.7070-7078
Main Authors: Ishii, Satoshi, Yamamoto, Michihiro, Kikuchi, Mami, Oshima, Kenshiro, Hattori, Masahira, Otsuka, Shigeto, Senoo, Keishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria - classification
Bacteria - genetics
Bacteria - metabolism
Biodiversity
Biological and medical sciences
Community structure
Comparative analysis
Denitrification
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Firmicutes
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gene Library
Genes
Microbial Ecology
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Nitrates
Nitrates - metabolism
Oryza
Phylogeny
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Soil - analysis
Soil Microbiology
Soils
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Summary:Rice paddy soil has been shown to have strong denitrifying activity. However, the microbial populations responsible for nitrate respiration and denitrification have not been well characterized. In this study, we performed a clone library analysis of >1,000 clones of the nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene to characterize bacterial community structure in rice paddy soil. We also identified potential key players in nitrate respiration and denitrification by comparing the community structures of soils with strong denitrifying activity to those of soils without denitrifying activity. Clone library analysis showed that bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, including a unique Symbiobacterium clade, dominated the clones obtained in this study. Using the template match method, several operational taxonomic units (OTUs), most belonging to the orders Burkholderiales and Rhodocyclales, were identified as OTUs that were specifically enriched in the sample with strong denitrifying activity. Almost one-half of these OTUs were classified in the genus Herbaspirillum and appeared >10-fold more frequently in the soils with strong denitrifying activity than in the soils without denitrifying activity. Therefore, OTUs related to Herbaspirillum are potential key players in nitrate respiration and denitrification under the conditions used.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
1098-6596
DOI:10.1128/AEM.01481-09