环境样品中亚硝酸细菌amoA基因的克隆与测序

对从环境样品中分离的亚硝酸细菌(Ammonia oxidizingbacteria)amoA基因进行克隆与测序,为构建基因工程菌打下基础。采用亚硝酸细菌选择性培养基,从4个不同的畜牧养殖污水处理厂采集的样品(分别编号为1,2,3,4)在室温下富集培养2个月后,采取酚氯仿抽提的方法提取DNA。根据已报道的亚硝化单胞菌(Nitrosomonassp.)amoA基因序列,设计引物AMOB AMOE,并在AMOB,AMOE的5′-端分别加上了BamHⅠ和HindⅢ的限制性酶切位点,以利于进一步酶切和克隆。用AMOB AMOE对4种样品的DNA进行PCR扩增,PCR产物进行琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析。结果表明,4种样品中1号和3号样品扩增得到预期长度的DNA片段,2号和4号样品扩增没有得到预期片段。回收纯化PCR产物与pGEM-T载体连接,构建amoA基因测序载体,并转化E.coliM15。测序结果提交GenBank进行Blast分析。结果显示,扩增得到的DNA片段均与Nitrosomonassp.GH22的amoA基因有99 7%的同源性,可从环境中分离的亚硝酸细菌中克隆出amoA基因。      

北运河沉积物中氨氧化微生物的群落特征

采用T-RFLP、RT-qPCR和克隆测序等分子生物学技术,以氨单加氧酶基因(amoA)为分子标记,研究了北运河表层沉积物中氨氧化古菌(AOA)和氨氧化细菌(AOB)的群落多样性、丰度、系统发育及其与环境因子的响应关系.结果表明,沉积物中AOB的群落多样性和丰度均高于AOA,是北运河沉积物中氨氧化过程的主要功能微生物.沉积物中氨氧化微生物群落结构沿干流和支流存在明显的空间分异,而AOA的种类组成空间差异较小;沉积物的氨氮(NH4+)和硝态氮(NO3﹣+NO2﹣)是影响氨氧化微生物群落特征的主要因子,AOB对环境变化的敏感性更高;AOA和AOB的amoA基因拷贝数分别为1.32×105~1.91×106copies/g、5.39×105~8.3×106copies/g.闸坝下游沉积物的氨氧化微生物丰度最高.系统发育分析表明,amoA基因序列多属于土壤/沉积物分支,较多AOB的克隆序列与土壤亚硝化螺菌属(Nitrosospira)的类群相似性可达98%.受污水处理厂退水的影响,部分amoA基因序列与污水处理厂废水和活性污泥中发现的类群同源性高.污染物质来源、支流汇入和闸坝拦截对河流沉积物氨氧化微生物的群落特征影响显著.     

污水处理系统中硝化菌的菌群结构和动态变化

研究分析了4种不同工艺类型的城市污水处理厂中氨氧化细菌(AOB)和亚硝酸盐氧化细菌(NOB)的丰度及菌群结构.实时定量PCR结果表明4种工艺中AOB菌群的丰度范围为8.56×106~4.46×107cells/gMLSS;NOB菌群的丰度为3.37×108~1.53×109cells/gMLSS.每个工艺中Nitrospira都是优势NOB,占NOB菌群的88% 以上. A2O工艺冬季AOB和Nitrospira丰度比夏季均有所降低,这是导致冬季生物脱氮效果变差的主要原因.基于 amoA基因的系统发育分析结果显示所有的序列属于Nitrosomonas,其中Nitrosomonas oligotropha cluster 占克隆文库的60.1%,是AOB 种群中的优势菌属,Nitrosomonas-like cluster和 Nitrosomonas europaea cluster次之,分别占克隆文库的29.6%和9.1%.N. europaea cluster只在A2O工艺中出现,且在A2O工艺夏季污泥样品克隆文库中达到44.7%.低DO运行使N. europaea cluster成为优势AOB是A2O工艺夏季出现较高亚硝酸盐积累率的主要原因.研究结果证实了城市污水处理厂中优势AOB和NOB分别为Nitrosomonas和Nitrospira,硝化菌群占总菌群的1%~7%,其丰度、相对含量和菌群结构是影响硝化效果的主要因素.     

内循环半短程亚硝化工艺运行条件与微生物群落研究

在内循环半短程亚硝化工艺中,污泥浓度为4 000 mg·L-1、溶解氧小于0.2 mg·L-1、温度(15~29℃)、水力停留时间4.6 h条件下,不同的回流比对系统中微生物群落有着明显的影响,回流比75%时,微生物的生物量达到最高值,出水中的亚硝态氮和氨氮的浓度比可控制在1.定量PCR和16S rRNA基因的克隆文库结果表明:在低溶解氧浓度下氨氧化菌是主要脱氮菌群,该菌群促进了半短程亚硝化反应的进行,与传统的硝化系统比较,在内循环半短程亚硝化工艺中没有检测到硝化螺旋菌(Nitrospira)和硝化杆菌(Nitrobacter),在内循环半短程亚硝化系统中浮霉菌属(Planctomycetes)的量也高于传统的脱氮系统.氨单加氧酶基因克隆文库结果表明,系统中的氨氧化菌群主要属于亚硝化单胞菌属(Nitrosomonas).因此内循环半短程亚硝化工艺在经济和技术上是可行的.     

两种粒径纳米银对Nitrosomonas europaea的毒性效应

为明晰不同粒径纳米银（AgNPs）对欧洲亚硝化毛杆菌（Nitrosomonas europaea）的毒性效应,采用室内培养方式,探究10nm和50nm的AgNPs对N.europaea生长、氮转化能力、细胞结构、活性氧生成和功能基因表达的影响.结果表明,AgNPs暴露抑制N.europaea生长,随着暴露时间的延长,细菌生长抑制率增加,在4h达到最大值;培养基中NH₄⁺向NO₂^-转化速率减缓,N.europaea的铵态氮转化能力降低;扫描电镜（SEM）图像显示AgNPs造成部分细菌表面塌陷且有孔洞,细胞膜受损严重;透射电镜（TEM）图像显示AgNPs造成细菌内部核物质消融,细胞质膜界限模糊;流式细胞仪（FCM）检测发现AgNPs增加细胞内活性氧的生成;qRT-PCR技术对AgNPs暴露后N.europaea功能基因amoA、hao、merA表达进行测定,发现AgNPs抑制N.europaea功能基因的转录表达.综上所述,AgNPs通过与细胞膜相互作用和产生氧化应激损伤N.europaea,抑制amoA和merA的表达,进而影响铵态氮转化过程,且小粒径AgNPs的毒性强于大粒径.     

Community diversity and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marsh wetlands in the black soil zone in North-east China

AOA amoA genes in the soils of the two wetlands affiliated with three lineages. The main drivers of AOA community were pH and total organic carbon and ammonium. The soil characteristics rather than the vegetation control the AOA community. Since its first detection, ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) have been proven to be ubiquitous in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In this study, two freshwater marsh wetlands- the Honghe wetland and Qixinghe wetland – in the black soil zone in North-east China were chosen to investigate the AOA community diversity and distribution in wetland soils with different vegetation and depth. In the Honghe wetland, two sampling locations were chosen as the dominant plant transited from Deyeuxia to Carex. In the Qixinghe wetland, one sample location that was dominated by Deyeuxia was chosen. Samples of each location were collected from three different depths, and Illumina MiSeq platform was used to generate the AOA amoA gene archive. The results showed that the AOA amoA genes in the soils of the two wetlands were affiliated with three lineages: Nitrososphaera, Nitrosotalea, and Nitrosopumilus clusters. The different dominant status of these AOA lineages indicated their differences in adapting to acidic habitat, oxygenic/hypoxic alternation, organic matter, and other environmental factors, suggesting high diversity among AOA in marsh soils. The main driver of the AOA community was pH, along with organic carbon and ammonium nitrogen, which also played an important role combined with many other environmental factors. Thus, soil physiochemical characteristics, rather than vegetation, were the main cause of AOA community diversity in the wetlands in the black soil zone in China.     

Community analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge of eight wastewater treatment systems

We investigated the communities of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria(AOB) in activated sludge collected from eight wastewater treatment systems using polymerase chain reaction(PCR) followed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism(T-RFLP),cloning,and sequencing of the α-subunit of the ammonia monooxygenase gene(amoA).The T-RFLP fingerprint analyses showed that different wastewater treatment systems harbored distinct AOB communities.However,there was no remarkable difference among the AOB TRFLP profiles from different parts of the same system.The T-RFLP fingerprints showed that a full-scale wastewater treatment plant(WWTP) contained a larger number of dominant AOB species than a pilot-scale reactor.The source of influent affected the AOB community,and the WWTPs treating domestic wastewater contained a higher AOB diversity than those receiving mixed domestic and industrial wastewater.However,the AOB community structure was little affected by the treatment process in this study.Phylogenetic analysis of the cloned amoA genes clearly indicated that all the dominant AOB in the systems was closely related to Nitrosomonas spp.not to Nitrosospira spp.Members of the Nitrosomonas oligotropha and Nitrosomonas communis clusters were found in all samples,while members of Nitrosomonas europaea cluster occurred in some systems.     

利用RFLP分析DO对附积床系统中AOB群落结构的影响

为了解析DO浓度对附积床反应器脱氮系统中COD、NH4+-N、TN去除效率的影响,以及对氨氧化菌群(AOB)结构及多样性的影响,分析了DO分别为1.0~2.0,2.0~3.0,3.0~4.0mg/L时COD、NH4+-N、TN去除效率,并采用针对AOB功能基因氨单加氧酶(amoA)的限制性内切酶片段长度多态性技术(RFLP)分析了三组DO浓度下反应器中AOB的群落结构及多样性.结果表明,不同DO条件下,系统均取得较高的COD和NH4+-N的去除效果, NH4+-N的去除效率随着DO的增加而提高.不同DO浓度下反应器生物膜上AOB菌群多样性丰富,且与DO对AOB菌群的多样性影响较小相比,DO对AOB的菌群结构及种类的影响较大.     

重金属抑制硝化过程的amoA mRNA作用途径

比较分析了2种重金属(Cd2+和Zn2+)对活性污泥生物硝化抑制过程,采用RNA反转录结合Real-Time PCR定量测定技术,分析了重金属种类、浓度对amoA mRNA的动态变化特征的影响.基于mRNA动态变化规律,推断了重金属对生物硝化抑制的分子作用机理.结果表明,在6h内,10mg/L的Cd2+对mRNA抑制率最大可达到53%.不同重金属离子对生物硝化抑制的作用途径可能存在差异,生物硝化的阻滞作用可以通过抑制关键功能基因mRNA的转录实现.     

水稻土细菌硝化作用基因（amoA和hao）多样性组成与长期稻草还田的关系研究

以中国科学院桃源农业生态试验站长期定位试验的土壤样品为对象,采用PCR扩增、克隆文库构建以及序列测定等分子生物学技术分析稻草还田对亚硝化功能基因amoA和hao多样性的影响.结果表明,水稻土稻草还田处理(氮磷钾+水稻秸秆,SR)降低了amoA和hao基因的多样性,其Shannon指数分别为3.7和3.2;而氮磷钾处理(CK)的Shannon指数达到4.0和3.7.LIBSHUFF分析比较CK和SR处理克隆文库的差异,结果显示amoA和hao基因处理间群落结构p值分别为0.002和0.001,均达到极显著水平.序列分析结果表明,对于amoA基因,只检测到与亚硝化螺菌属(Nitrosospira)相似的以及与未知的amoA基因相似的基因,并且与Nitrosospira相似的只出现在SR处理中,相似率达96%以上,而与未知的amoA基因相距最近的已知菌属也是Nitrosospira;获得的hao基因则分布于变形菌门(Proteobacteria)中的3个纲(α、β、γ),其中CK处理获得的hao基因主要与Silicibacter、甲基球菌属(Methylococcus)相似,SR处理获得的基因主要与亚硝化螺菌属(Nitrosospira)、亚硝化单胞菌属(Nitrosomonas)亲缘关系较近.系统发育树分析显示亚硝化基因(amoA、hao)在这2个处理中可被分为4个基因簇(Cluster),稻草还田使亚硝化细菌群落发生了明显的分异,出现了基因聚类现象,并且在amoA基因树图中出现了只由SR处理构成的分支(ClusterⅣ).总体来说,长期稻草还田降低了亚硝化基因amoA和hao的多样性,明显改变了亚硝化细菌群落结构.