Isolation and physiological characterization of psychrophilic denitrifying 
bacteria from permanently cold Arctic fjord sediments (Svalbard, Norway)

Canion, A.; Prakash, O.; Green, S. J.; Jahnke, L.; Kuypers, M. M. M.; Kostka, J. E.

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Isolation and physiological characterization of psychrophilic denitrifying bacteria from permanently cold Arctic fjord sediments (Svalbard, Norway)

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Kuypers, M. M. M.
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Kostka, J. E.
Nutrient Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Canion, A., Prakash, O., Green, S. J., Jahnke, L., Kuypers, M. M. M., & Kostka, J. E. (2013). Isolation and physiological characterization of psychrophilic denitrifying bacteria from permanently cold Arctic fjord sediments (Svalbard, Norway). Environmental Microbiology, 15(5 Sp. Iss. SI), 1606-1618.

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A large proportion of reactive nitrogen loss from polar sediments is mediated by denitrification, but microorganisms mediating denitrification in polar environments remain poorly characterized. A combined approach of most-probable-number (MPN) enumeration, cultivation and physiological characterization was used to describe psychrophilic denitrifying bacterial communities in sediments of three Arctic fjords in Svalbard (Norway). A MPN assay showed the presence of 103106 cells of psychrophilic nitrate-respiring bacteria g1 of sediment. Fifteen strains within the Proteobacteria were isolated using a systematic enrichment approach with organic acids as electron donors and nitrate as an electron acceptor. Isolates belonged to five genera, including Shewanella, Pseudomonas, Psychromonas (Gammaproteobacteria), Arcobacter (Epsilonproteobacteria) and Herminiimonas (Betaproteobacteria). All isolates were denitrifiers, except Shewanella, which exhibited the capacity for dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA). Growth from 0 to 40 degrees C demonstrated that all genera except Shewanella were psychrophiles with optimal growth below 15 degrees C, and adaptation to low temperature was demonstrated as a shift from primarily C16:0 saturated fatty acids to C16:1 monounsaturated fatty acids at lower temperatures. This study provides the first targeted enrichment and characterization of psychrophilic denitrifying bacteria from polar sediments, and two genera, Arcobacter and Herminiimonas, are isolated for the first time from permanently cold marine sediments.