Community structure and spatial distribution of anaerobic Ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria in the sediments of chongming Eastern tidal flat

2^nd International Conference on Hydrology & Groundwater Expo

August 26-27, 2013 DoubleTree by Hilton, Raleigh, NC, USA

Lijun Hou and Yanling Zheng

Accepted Abstracts: Hydrol Current Res

Abstract :

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is an important process in natural environments, which is known to be mediated by chemolithoautotrophic bacteria affiliated with the phylum Planctomycetes. The objectives of this study were to identify whether there were anammox bacteria in the surface sediments of chongming eastern tidal flat in the Yangtze estuary, and the feature of their community structure and spatial distribution. Based on the total DNA extracted from the surface sediments of Chongming eastern tidal flat, anammox-specific 16S rDNA fragments were amplified. PCR products were cloned and sequenced, and an anammox-specific 16S rDNA gene library was established.

Biography :

Lijun Hou received his Ph.D. from East China Normal University in 2004. He ever worked with Professor Wayne Gardner at Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin in 2008 and 2009. Now, he is a professor of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, China. So far, he has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals, with high impact factors.