Altitude ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soils of Mount Everest

• Published in: FEMS microbiology ecology Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 208 - 217
• Main Authors: Zhang, Li-Mei, Wang, Mu, Prosser, James I, Zheng, Yuan-Ming, He, Ji-Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Abundance; alpine soil; Altitude; Ammonia; Ammonia - metabolism; Ammonia monooxygenase; ammonia oxidizer; Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria; amoA gene; Archaea; Archaea - classification; Archaea - genetics; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; bacterial communities; Biodiversity; China; Cloning, Molecular; Clusters; Communities; community shift; Community structure; DNA, Archaeal - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Ecology; Ecosystem; Environmental factors; Gene sequencing; genes; Genes, Archaeal; Genes, Bacterial; Microbiology; Nitrosomonas; Nitrosospira; Oxidation; Oxidizing agents; Oxidoreductases - genetics; Permafrost; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Relative abundance; Sea level; sediments; Sequence Analysis, DNA; snow; Soil - analysis; Soil bacteria; Soil Microbiology; Soils; Tibetan Plateau; topographic slope; Mount Everest; China; Tibetan Plateau; community shift; A gene; alpine soil; ammonia oxidizer; relative abundance

To determine the abundance and distribution of bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers in alpine and permafrost soils, 12 soils at altitudes of 4000-6550 m above sea level (m a.s.l.) were collected from the northern slope of the Mount Everest (Tibetan Plateau), where the permanent snow line is at 5...