PMID- 18177367 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080513 LR - 20240109 IS - 1462-2920 (Electronic) IS - 1462-2912 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Apr TI - Diversity and mode of transmission of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges. PG - 1087-94 LID - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01515.x [doi] AB - The model marine crenarchaeote 'Cenarchaeum symbiosum' is until now the only ammonia-oxidizing archaeon known from a marine sponge. Here, phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA and ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes revealed the presence of putative ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in a diverse range of sponges from the western Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean. amoA diversity was limited even between different oceans, with many of the obtained sequences (75.9%; n(total) = 83) forming a monophyletic, apparently sponge- (and coral-) specific lineage, analogous to those previously inferred from comparative 16S rRNA gene studies of sponge-associated microbes. The presence of AOA in sponge larvae, as detected by 16S rRNA and amoA PCR assays as well as by fluorescence in situ hybridization, suggests they are vertically transmitted and thus might be of importance for ammonia detoxification within the sponge. FAU - Steger, Doris AU - Steger D AD - Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. FAU - Ettinger-Epstein, Piers AU - Ettinger-Epstein P FAU - Whalan, Stephen AU - Whalan S FAU - Hentschel, Ute AU - Hentschel U FAU - de Nys, Rocky AU - de Nys R FAU - Wagner, Michael AU - Wagner M FAU - Taylor, Michael W AU - Taylor MW LA - eng SI - GENBANK/EU049815 SI - GENBANK/EU049816 SI - GENBANK/EU049817 SI - GENBANK/EU049818 SI - GENBANK/EU049819 SI - GENBANK/EU049820 SI - GENBANK/EU049821 SI - GENBANK/EU049822 SI - GENBANK/EU049823 SI - GENBANK/EU049824 SI - GENBANK/EU049825 SI - GENBANK/EU049826 SI - GENBANK/EU049827 SI - GENBANK/EU049828 SI - GENBANK/EU049829 SI - GENBANK/EU049830 SI - GENBANK/EU049831 SI - GENBANK/EU049832 SI - GENBANK/EU049833 SI - GENBANK/EU049834 SI - GENBANK/EU049835 SI - GENBANK/EU049836 SI - GENBANK/EU049837 SI - GENBANK/EU049838 SI - GENBANK/EU049839 SI - GENBANK/EU049840 SI - GENBANK/EU049841 SI - GENBANK/EU049842 SI - GENBANK/EU049843 SI - GENBANK/EU049844 SI - GENBANK/EU049845 SI - GENBANK/EU049846 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20071219 PL - England TA - Environ Microbiol JT - Environmental microbiology JID - 100883692 RN - 0 (Archaeal Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - 0 (RNA, Archaeal) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 7664-41-7 (Ammonia) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 1.7.3.- (ammonia monooxygenase) SB - IM MH - Ammonia/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Archaeal Proteins/genetics MH - Biodiversity MH - Caribbean Region MH - Crenarchaeota/*classification/genetics/metabolism MH - Genes, Archaeal MH - Larva/microbiology MH - *Marine Biology MH - Mediterranean Sea MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidoreductases/genetics MH - Pacific Ocean MH - Phylogeny MH - Porifera/growth & development/metabolism/*microbiology MH - Protein Subunits/genetics MH - RNA, Archaeal/genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics EDAT- 2008/01/08 09:00 MHDA- 2008/05/14 09:00 CRDT- 2008/01/08 09:00 PHST- 2008/01/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/05/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/01/08 09:00 [entrez] AID - EMI1515 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01515.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Microbiol. 2008 Apr;10(4):1087-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01515.x. Epub 2007 Dec 19.