PMID- 17586663 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071023 LR - 20240109 IS - 0099-2240 (Print) IS - 1098-5336 (Electronic) IS - 0099-2240 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 17 DP - 2007 Sep TI - Distribution and diversity of archaeal ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with corals. PG - 5642-7 AB - Corals are known to harbor diverse microbial communities of Bacteria and Archaea, yet the ecological role of these microorganisms remains largely unknown. Here we report putative ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes of archaeal origin associated with corals. Multiple DNA samples drawn from nine coral species and four different reef locations were PCR screened for archaeal and bacterial amoA genes, and archaeal amoA gene sequences were obtained from five different species of coral collected in Bocas del Toro, Panama. The 210 coral-associated archaeal amoA sequences recovered in this study were broadly distributed phylogenetically, with most only distantly related to previously reported sequences from coastal/estuarine sediments and oceanic water columns. In contrast, the bacterial amoA gene could not be amplified from any of these samples. These results offer further evidence for the widespread presence of the archaeal amoA gene in marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. FAU - Beman, J Michael AU - Beman JM AD - Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Building 320 - Room 118, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, USA. FAU - Roberts, Kathryn J AU - Roberts KJ FAU - Wegley, Linda AU - Wegley L FAU - Rohwer, Forest AU - Rohwer F FAU - Francis, Christopher A AU - Francis CA LA - eng SI - GENBANK/EF382414 SI - GENBANK/EF382415 SI - GENBANK/EF382416 SI - GENBANK/EF382417 SI - GENBANK/EF382418 SI - GENBANK/EF382419 SI - GENBANK/EF382420 SI - GENBANK/EF382421 SI - GENBANK/EF382422 SI - GENBANK/EF382423 SI - GENBANK/EF382424 SI - GENBANK/EF382425 SI - GENBANK/EF382426 SI - GENBANK/EF382427 SI - GENBANK/EF382428 SI - GENBANK/EF382429 SI - GENBANK/EF382430 SI - GENBANK/EF382431 SI - GENBANK/EF382432 SI - GENBANK/EF382433 SI - GENBANK/EF382434 SI - GENBANK/EF382435 SI - GENBANK/EF382436 SI - GENBANK/EF382437 SI - GENBANK/EF382438 SI - GENBANK/EF382439 SI - GENBANK/EF382440 SI - GENBANK/EF382441 SI - GENBANK/EF382442 SI - GENBANK/EF382443 SI - GENBANK/EF382444 SI - GENBANK/EF382445 SI - GENBANK/EF382446 SI - GENBANK/EF382447 SI - GENBANK/EF382448 SI - GENBANK/EF382449 SI - GENBANK/EF382450 SI - GENBANK/EF382451 SI - GENBANK/EF382452 SI - GENBANK/EF382453 SI - GENBANK/EF382454 SI - GENBANK/EF382455 SI - GENBANK/EF382456 SI - GENBANK/EF382457 SI - GENBANK/EF382458 SI - GENBANK/EF382459 SI - GENBANK/EF382460 SI - GENBANK/EF382461 SI - GENBANK/EF382462 SI - GENBANK/EF382463 SI - GENBANK/EF382464 SI - GENBANK/EF382465 SI - GENBANK/EF382466 SI - GENBANK/EF382467 SI - GENBANK/EF382468 SI - GENBANK/EF382469 SI - GENBANK/EF382470 SI - GENBANK/EF382471 SI - GENBANK/EF382472 SI - GENBANK/EF382473 SI - GENBANK/EF382474 SI - GENBANK/EF382475 SI - GENBANK/EF382476 SI - GENBANK/EF382477 SI - GENBANK/EF382478 SI - GENBANK/EF382479 SI - GENBANK/EF382480 SI - GENBANK/EF382481 SI - GENBANK/EF382482 SI - GENBANK/EF382483 SI - GENBANK/EF382484 SI - GENBANK/EF382485 SI - GENBANK/EF382486 SI - GENBANK/EF382487 SI - GENBANK/EF382488 SI - GENBANK/EF382489 SI - GENBANK/EF382490 SI - GENBANK/EF382491 SI - GENBANK/EF382492 SI - GENBANK/EF382493 SI - GENBANK/EF382494 SI - GENBANK/EF382495 SI - GENBANK/EF382496 SI - GENBANK/EF382497 SI - GENBANK/EF382498 SI - GENBANK/EF382499 SI - GENBANK/EF382500 SI - GENBANK/EF382501 SI - GENBANK/EF382502 SI - GENBANK/EF382503 SI - GENBANK/EF382504 SI - GENBANK/EF382505 SI - GENBANK/EF382506 SI - GENBANK/EF382507 SI - GENBANK/EF382508 SI - GENBANK/EF382509 SI - GENBANK/EF382510 SI - GENBANK/EF382511 SI - GENBANK/EF382512 SI - GENBANK/EF382513 SI - GENBANK/EF382514 SI - GENBANK/EF382515 SI - GENBANK/EF382516 SI - GENBANK/EF382517 SI - GENBANK/EF382518 SI - GENBANK/EF382519 SI - GENBANK/EF382520 SI - GENBANK/EF382521 SI - GENBANK/EF382522 SI - GENBANK/EF382523 SI - GENBANK/EF382524 SI - GENBANK/EF382525 SI - GENBANK/EF382526 SI - GENBANK/EF382527 SI - GENBANK/EF382528 SI - GENBANK/EF382529 SI - GENBANK/EF382530 SI - GENBANK/EF382531 SI - GENBANK/EF382532 SI - GENBANK/EF382533 SI - GENBANK/EF382534 SI - GENBANK/EF382535 SI - GENBANK/EF382536 SI - GENBANK/EF382537 SI - GENBANK/EF382538 SI - GENBANK/EF382539 SI - GENBANK/EF382540 SI - GENBANK/EF382541 SI - GENBANK/EF382542 SI - GENBANK/EF382543 SI - GENBANK/EF382544 SI - GENBANK/EF382545 SI - GENBANK/EF382546 SI - GENBANK/EF382547 SI - GENBANK/EF382548 SI - GENBANK/EF382549 SI - GENBANK/EF382550 SI - GENBANK/EF382551 SI - GENBANK/EF382552 SI - GENBANK/EF382553 SI - GENBANK/EF382554 SI - GENBANK/EF382555 SI - GENBANK/EF382556 SI - GENBANK/EF382557 SI - GENBANK/EF382558 SI - GENBANK/EF382559 SI - GENBANK/EF382560 SI - GENBANK/EF382561 SI - GENBANK/EF382562 SI - GENBANK/EF382563 SI - GENBANK/EF382564 SI - GENBANK/EF382565 SI - GENBANK/EF382566 SI - GENBANK/EF382567 SI - GENBANK/EF382568 SI - GENBANK/EF382569 SI - GENBANK/EF382570 SI - GENBANK/EF382571 SI - GENBANK/EF382572 SI - GENBANK/EF382573 SI - GENBANK/EF382574 SI - GENBANK/EF382575 SI - GENBANK/EF382576 SI - GENBANK/EF382577 SI - GENBANK/EF382578 SI - GENBANK/EF382579 SI - GENBANK/EF382580 SI - GENBANK/EF382581 SI - GENBANK/EF382582 SI - GENBANK/EF382583 SI - GENBANK/EF382584 SI - GENBANK/EF382585 SI - GENBANK/EF382586 SI - GENBANK/EF382587 SI - GENBANK/EF382588 SI - GENBANK/EF382589 SI - GENBANK/EF382590 SI - GENBANK/EF382591 SI - GENBANK/EF382592 SI - GENBANK/EF382593 SI - GENBANK/EF382594 SI - GENBANK/EF382595 SI - GENBANK/EF382596 SI - GENBANK/EF382597 SI - GENBANK/EF382598 SI - GENBANK/EF382599 SI - GENBANK/EF382600 SI - GENBANK/EF382601 SI - GENBANK/EF382602 SI - GENBANK/EF382603 SI - GENBANK/EF382604 SI - GENBANK/EF382605 SI - GENBANK/EF382606 SI - GENBANK/EF382607 SI - GENBANK/EF382608 SI - GENBANK/EF382609 SI - GENBANK/EF382610 SI - GENBANK/EF382611 SI - GENBANK/EF382612 SI - GENBANK/EF382613 SI - GENBANK/EF382614 SI - GENBANK/EF382615 SI - GENBANK/EF382616 SI - GENBANK/EF382617 SI - GENBANK/EF382618 SI - GENBANK/EF382619 SI - GENBANK/EF382620 SI - GENBANK/EF382621 SI - GENBANK/EF382622 SI - GENBANK/EF382623 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20070622 PL - United States TA - Appl Environ Microbiol JT - Applied and environmental microbiology JID - 7605801 RN - 0 (Archaeal Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA, Archaeal) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 1.7.3.- (ammonia monooxygenase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anthozoa/*microbiology MH - Archaea/*enzymology MH - Archaeal Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA, Archaeal/analysis MH - *Genetic Variation MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oxidoreductases/classification/*genetics MH - Phylogeny MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA PMC - PMC2042080 EDAT- 2007/06/26 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/24 09:00 PMCR- 2008/01/01 CRDT- 2007/06/26 09:00 PHST- 2007/06/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/06/26 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - AEM.00461-07 [pii] AID - 0461-07 [pii] AID - 10.1128/AEM.00461-07 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Sep;73(17):5642-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00461-07. Epub 2007 Jun 22.