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Isolation of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) from Fish Processing Effluents

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In the present study, autotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were isolated and characterized from a fish processing effluent treatment plant. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene showed AOB affiliation to Nitrosomonas marina, Nitrosomonas nitrosa and Nitrosospira lineages of Betaproteobacteria. The isolates were further confirmed with using ammonia mono-oxygenase subunit-A gene (amoA) specific fluorescence in situ hybridization assay. The reduction of ammonia by these isolates was comparable with the standard AOB pure culture Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718. Among all the cultures, AOB-21 was found to be having highest potential for ammonia removal. The presence of AOB in fish processing effluent treatment plants suggests the usefulness of these isolates in sustainable removal of ammonia from fish processing waste effluent.

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Acknowledgments

Authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support to the research project under the ICAR- NAIP- National Fund for Basic, Strategic & Frontier Application Research in Agriculture. Grateful thanks to Prof. Daniel J. Arp, Oregon State University, USA for providing the Nitrosomonas europea ATCC 19718 culture.

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  1. UNESCO-MIRCEN for Marine Biotechnology, Department of Fisheries Microbiology, College of Fisheries, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Mangalore, 575 002, India

    Alla Devivaraprasad Reddy, Gangavarapu Subrahmanyam, Singaiah NaveenKumar, Iddya Karunasagar & Indrani Karunasagar

  2. Faculty of Biomedical Science, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, University Enclave, Medical Sciences Complex, Deralakatte, Mangalore, 575 002, India

    Gangavarapu Subrahmanyam & Indrani Karunasagar

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Reddy, A.D., Subrahmanyam, G., NaveenKumar, S. et al. Isolation of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) from Fish Processing Effluents. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 38, 393–397 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-015-0363-7

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