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Methane-Generating Ammonia Oxidizing Nitrifiers Within Bio-Filters in Aquaculture Tanks Kamira et al. AMB Expr (2018) 8:140 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-018-0668-2 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Methane‑generating ammonia oxidizing nitrifers within bio‑flters in aquaculture tanks Barry Kamira1,2,4, Lei Lei Shi1,2, Li Min Fan2,3, Cong Zhang2,3, Yao Zheng2,3, Chao Song2,3, Shun Long Meng1,2,3, Geng Dong Hu2,3, Xu Wen Bing1,2,3, Zhang Jia Chen1,2,3* and Pao Xu1,2,3* Abstract The discovery of aerobic and anammox bacteria capable of generating methane in bio-flters in freshwater aquacul- ture systems is generating interest in studies to understand the activity, diversity, distribution and roles of these envi- ronmental bacteria. In this study, we used microbial enrichment of bio-flters to assess their efect on water quality. Profles of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities generated using nested PCR methods and DGGE were used to assess the expression of 16S rRNA genes using DNA sequencing. Five dominant ammonia-oxidizing bacterial strains– clones; KB.13, KB.15, KB.16, KB.17 and KB.18—were isolated and identifed by phylogenetic analysis as environmental samples closely related to genera Methylobacillus, Stanieria, Nitrosomonas, and Heliorestis. The methyl ammonia-oxi- dizing microbes thereby found suggest a biochemical pathway involving electron donors and carbon sources, and all strains were functional in freshwater aquaculture systems. Environmental parameters including TN (2.69–20.43); COD (9.34–31.47); ­NH4+-N (0.44–11.78); ­NO2−N (0.00–3.67); ­NO3−N (0.05–1.82), mg/L and DO (1.47–10.31 µg/L) assessed varied in the ranges in the diferent tanks. Principal component analysis revealed that these water quality param- eters signifcantly infuenced the ammonia oxidizing microbial community composition. Temperature rises to about 40 °C signifcantly afected environmental characteristics—especially DO, TN and ­NH4+-N—and directly or indirectly afected the microbial communities. Although the nested PCR design was preferred due to its high sensitivity for amplifying specifc DNA regions, a more concise method is recommended, as an equimolar mixture of degenerate PCR primer pairs, CTO189f-GC and CTO654r, never amplifed only 16S rRNA of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Keywords: Bio-flters, AOB, DGGE, 16S rRNA, Methyl ammonia oxidizing nitrifers, Environmental characteristics Introduction can facilitate decomposition of chemical pollutants and Maintenance of optimal water quality and removal of improve water quality (Ibekwe et al. 2007). nitrogen compounds poses challenges to aquaculture Pioneering studies of the ammonia oxidizing bacte- (van Kessel et al. 2010). Bio-fltration is an important ria (AOB) have suggested that these nitrifers fall within separation process employed to convert toxic nitro- the beta- and gamma-Proteobacteria sub-divisions. gen metabolites into less toxic forms (Crab et al. 2007), Tus, most molecular studies are limited to and focus although the identity of the micro-organisms responsible on understanding of the two phylogenetic groups (Egli for this conversion has not been well characterized (Tal et al. 2001; Konneke et al. 2005). Denitrifcation through et al. 2003; van Kessel et al. 2010). In bio-fltration sys- facultative anaerobic bacteria utilizing organic (hetero- tems, the pollutants are removed by biological degrada- trophic) or inorganic (autotrophic) compounds as elec- tion rather than physical fltration (Rijn 1996; Hargreaves tron sources to reduce nitrate to nitrogen gas, creates 1998). And diverse microbial community structures further challenges such as nitrous oxide release (Hui et al. 2014). Coupled with the requirement of an external elec- tron source, this has prevented the full-scale commercial *Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] application of the process. Anaerobic ammonia oxidation 1 Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China (anammox) is another pathway that allows oxidation of Full list of author information is available at the end of the article ammonia into nitrite under anoxic conditions, yielding © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creat​iveco​mmons​.org/licen​ses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Kamira et al. AMB Expr (2018) 8:140 Page 2 of 15 molecular nitrogen (Kowalchuk et al. 1997). Although 1.5 respectively. For the latter two, production feed anammox has been considered economically viable, with accounts for, on average, 87% of total GHG emissions limited oxygen requirement for the process (Jetten et al. (Pelletier and Tyedmers 2007, 2010). 2001) and responsible for 30–50% nitrogen loss (Brandes In an anaerobic environment, carbon is converted et al. 2007; Lam et al. 2009), such fndings were obtained into methane (Heng et al. 2017). In aquaculture, meth- mainly in the marine sector (Tamdrup and Dalsgaard ane formation occurs mainly in mud layers in inten- 2002; Kuypers et al. 2003; Schmid et al. 2007). However, sive ponds, e.g. the anaerobic mud layer in pangasius our interests lie in freshwater aquaculture systems. As cultivation (Mascha et al. 2013). Methane emissions, suggested by Lahav et al. (2009), presence of anammox have not been widely covered, and an estimation made in waste treatment plants revealed that these microbes in the Mascha et al. study suggested around 5% of the could be present in freshwater aquaculture systems. fsh feed could be converted into manure. 50% of the Tus, the discovery of anammox bacteria in biologi- manure content existed as carbon that was converted cal flters in freshwater aquaculture generates interest in in totality of 3.3% CH4 in an anaerobe environment. In understanding the activity, diversity, and distribution their study, they observed that the use of fsh feed in of these microbes in the environment (Ward 2015). In the pangasius production estimated at 2.1 million tons, addition, methyl ammonia oxidation is a newly discov- resulted in 70 million kg of CH4 production. ered pathway which generates methane as a byproduct Furthermore, Burg van den et al. 2012, also revealed within the microbial nitrogen cycle. Tis pathway allows that nitrous oxide is released during microbial transfor- ammonia to be oxidized to nitrite or nitrate under anoxic mation of nitrogen in the soil or in manure (i.e. nitrif- − conditions (Zhu and Chen 1999; Saucier et al. 2000) per- cation of NH3 into NO3 and incomplete denitrifcation − turbing carbon sequestration. of NO3 into N2) are engulfed in nitrate fertilizer pro- Methane is known to play an important role in the car- duction for feed ingredients. bon cycle of freshwater and soil environments (Hanson Although methanogenic bacteria have been isolated 1980); dimictic lakes (Rudd and Hamilton 1975), tem- from marine sediment (Sower and Ferry 1983), oce- perate wetlands (Harriss et al. 1982; Bartlett et al. 1985), anic environment (Ward 1987), freshwater sediment and coastal sediments (Sansone and Martens 1981) that and sewer outfalls (Whittenbury et al. 1970) in the past, undergo partial or complete anoxia. In larger body water their occurrence is scarcely recorded in freshwater like lakes and oceans, the carbon cycle is fundamentally tanks and pond aquaculture systems. Considering evi- essential with similar diferences, such as they do not dence of the distribution of methane and nitrifcation undergo anoxia since re-mineralization proceeds aero- activities in intensive production systems, and related bically without producing methane, except in shallow similarities between nitrifers and methanotrophs, we sediment or enclosed basin environments (Ward 1987). hypothesized that some nitrifers in tank and inten- However, in shallow enclosed aquatic production systems sive pond production systems are involved in methane like ponds, and tanks, methane gas is highly observed cycles. Furthermore, the role of conventional methano- in the environments owing to the fact chemical oxygen trophs may be partially fulflled by other kinds of oxi- demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) dizing bacteria, thereby justifying studies to understand within the intensive production cycles trigger produc- ammonia oxidizing (AO) nitrifer types involved in tion of methane (Fan et al. 2018). In Life Cycle Assess- methane metabolism. ment data: (LCA), several studies have been performed In this study, we aimed at using flters with attached on the green house gas (GHG)—emission of aquaculture biomass on the flter-media (bio-flter) that have granu- systems, although most data majorly covers energy use or lar activated carbon (GAC) to understand the dynamics global warming potential of large farms. Te impact on of freshwater fsh aquaculture water treatment together global warming on the production of specifc products with microbes (pro-biotic) in tank production from July has been assessed through quantifcation of emissions of: to October 2017 at the Freshwater Fisheries Research carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide Center (FFRC), Wuxi, China. Te objectives were to (N2O) (Mascha et al. 2013). characterize and identify the methane-generating AO For aquaculture production chains fsh feed is typi- nitrifer communities that allow ammonia oxidation cally the most dominant factor in GHG-emissions. under (1) aerobic and (2) anoxic conditions,
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