PMID- 16885322 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061005 LR - 20181113 IS - 0099-2240 (Print) IS - 1098-5336 (Electronic) IS - 0099-2240 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 8 DP - 2006 Aug TI - Occurrence of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in wastewater treatment plant bioreactors. PG - 5643-7 AB - We report molecular evidence that ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) occur in activated sludge bioreactors used to remove ammonia from wastewater. Using PCR primers targeting archaeal ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes, we retrieved and compared 75 sequences from five wastewater treatment plants operating with low dissolved oxygen levels and long retention times. All of these sequences showed similarity to sequences previously found in soil and sediments, and they were distributed primarily in four major phylogenetic clusters. One of these clusters contained virtually identical amoA sequences obtained from all five activated sludge samples (from Oregon, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) and accounted for 67% of all the sequences, suggesting that this AOA phylotype may be widespread in nitrifying bioreactors. FAU - Park, Hee-Deung AU - Park HD AD - Environmental Engineering and Sciences Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, USA. FAU - Wells, George F AU - Wells GF FAU - Bae, Hyokwan AU - Bae H FAU - Criddle, Craig S AU - Criddle CS FAU - Francis, Christopher A AU - Francis CA LA - eng SI - GENBANK/DQ278494 SI - GENBANK/DQ278495 SI - GENBANK/DQ278496 SI - GENBANK/DQ278497 SI - GENBANK/DQ278498 SI - GENBANK/DQ278499 SI - GENBANK/DQ278500 SI - GENBANK/DQ278501 SI - GENBANK/DQ278502 SI - GENBANK/DQ278503 SI - GENBANK/DQ278504 SI - GENBANK/DQ278505 SI - GENBANK/DQ278506 SI - GENBANK/DQ278507 SI - GENBANK/DQ278508 SI - GENBANK/DQ278509 SI - GENBANK/DQ278510 SI - GENBANK/DQ278511 SI - GENBANK/DQ278512 SI - GENBANK/DQ278513 SI - GENBANK/DQ278514 SI - GENBANK/DQ278515 SI - GENBANK/DQ278516 SI - GENBANK/DQ278517 SI - GENBANK/DQ278518 SI - GENBANK/DQ278519 SI - GENBANK/DQ278520 SI - GENBANK/DQ278521 SI - GENBANK/DQ278522 SI - GENBANK/DQ278523 SI - GENBANK/DQ278524 SI - GENBANK/DQ278525 SI - GENBANK/DQ278526 SI - GENBANK/DQ278527 SI - GENBANK/DQ278528 SI - GENBANK/DQ278529 SI - GENBANK/DQ278530 SI - GENBANK/DQ278531 SI - GENBANK/DQ278532 SI - GENBANK/DQ278533 SI - GENBANK/DQ278534 SI - GENBANK/DQ278535 SI - GENBANK/DQ278536 SI - GENBANK/DQ278537 SI - GENBANK/DQ278538 SI - GENBANK/DQ278539 SI - GENBANK/DQ278540 SI - GENBANK/DQ278541 SI - GENBANK/DQ278542 SI - GENBANK/DQ278543 SI - GENBANK/DQ278544 SI - GENBANK/DQ278545 SI - GENBANK/DQ278546 SI - GENBANK/DQ278547 SI - GENBANK/DQ278548 SI - GENBANK/DQ278549 SI - GENBANK/DQ278550 SI - GENBANK/DQ278551 SI - GENBANK/DQ278552 SI - GENBANK/DQ278553 SI - GENBANK/DQ278554 SI - GENBANK/DQ278555 SI - GENBANK/DQ278556 SI - GENBANK/DQ278557 SI - GENBANK/DQ278558 SI - GENBANK/DQ278559 SI - GENBANK/DQ278560 SI - GENBANK/DQ278561 SI - GENBANK/DQ278562 SI - GENBANK/DQ278563 SI - GENBANK/DQ278564 SI - GENBANK/DQ278565 SI - GENBANK/DQ278566 SI - GENBANK/DQ278567 SI - GENBANK/DQ278568 SI - GENBANK/DQ278569 SI - GENBANK/DQ278570 SI - GENBANK/DQ278571 SI - GENBANK/DQ278572 SI - GENBANK/DQ278573 SI - GENBANK/DQ278574 SI - GENBANK/DQ278575 SI - GENBANK/DQ278576 SI - GENBANK/DQ278577 SI - GENBANK/DQ278578 SI - GENBANK/DQ278579 SI - GENBANK/DQ278580 SI - GENBANK/DQ278581 SI - GENBANK/DQ278582 SI - GENBANK/DQ278583 SI - GENBANK/DQ278584 SI - GENBANK/DQ278585 SI - GENBANK/DQ278586 SI - GENBANK/DQ278587 SI - GENBANK/DQ278588 SI - GENBANK/DQ278589 SI - GENBANK/DQ278590 SI - GENBANK/DQ278591 SI - GENBANK/DQ278592 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Appl Environ Microbiol JT - Applied and environmental microbiology JID - 7605801 RN - 0 (DNA, Archaeal) RN - 0 (Sewage) RN - 7664-41-7 (Ammonia) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 1.7.3.- (ammonia monooxygenase) SB - IM MH - Ammonia/*metabolism MH - Archaea/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Bioreactors MH - DNA, Archaeal/analysis MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidoreductases/genetics MH - Phylogeny MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Sewage/*microbiology MH - Waste Disposal, Fluid/*methods PMC - PMC1538709 EDAT- 2006/08/04 09:00 MHDA- 2006/10/06 09:00 PMCR- 2006/12/01 CRDT- 2006/08/04 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/10/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/04 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2006/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 72/8/5643 [pii] AID - 0402-06 [pii] AID - 10.1128/AEM.00402-06 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Aug;72(8):5643-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00402-06.