Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Achromobacter sp.: nitrifying aerobic denitrifiers have a plasmid encoding for
1Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, 75, Santhome High Road, RA Puram, Chennai, 600028, India.
Abstract:
In the present work, novel heterotrophic nitrifying and aerobic denitrifying bacteria have been isolated from greenwater system of coastal aquaculture. Based on the 16S rRNA gene, FAME analysis and biochemical test, the isolates have been identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Achromobacter sp. These have been named as P. aeruginosa strain DBT1BNH3 and Achromobacter sp. strain DBTN3. Denitrifying functional genes such as nitrite reductase (nirS), nitric oxide reductase (qnorB) and nitrous oxide reductase (nosZ) genes have been identified. These strains found to have a 27 kb plasmid coding for nirS and nosZ. The possibility of horizontal transfer of plasmid among Pseudomonadaceae and Alcaligenaceae families in coastal aquaculture has been explored. Further, we have studied combined nitrification and oxygen tolerant denitrification potential in the same isolates.
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