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Acidotolerant soil nitrite oxidiser 'Candidatus Nitrobacter laanbroekii' NHB1 alleviates constraints on growth of acidophilic soil ammonia oxidisers

Linda Hink
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Eleftheria Bachtsevani
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Yiyu Meng
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Christopher J Sedlacek
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Sungeun Lee
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Holger Daims
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Michael Wagner
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Cécile Gubry-Rangin
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Wietse de Boer
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James I Prosser
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Graeme W Nicol
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Résumé

Nitrobacter strain NHB1 is a nitrite-oxidising bacterium previously co-enriched with the neutrophilic ammonia-oxidising bacterium Nitrosospira AHB1, a consortium that nitrifies under acidic conditions. Here we characterise the growth of isolated Nitrobacter strain NHB1 as a function of pH and nitrite (NO2 -) concentration, and its influence on the activity of acidophilic soil ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) in co-culture. NHB1 is acidotolerant and grows optimally at pH 6.0 (range 5.0 -7.5) at initial NO2 -concentrations of 500 µM.

However, the optimum decreases to pH 5.0 at lower initial NO2 -concentrations closer to those found in soil, with detectable growth down to pH 3.5. NHB1 has a comparatively high affinity for NO2 -with an apparent-half-saturation constant (54 µM) one order of magnitude lower than its closest relative, the neutrophilic strain Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14. In co-culture, NHB1 enhances the growth of acidophilic AOA. Specifically, Nitrosotalea devaniterrae Nd1 and Nitrosotalea sinensis Nd2 are sensitive to NO2 -derived compounds and only oxidise ~200-300 µM ammonia (NH3) in batch cultures.

However, in co-culture with NHB1, pH ranges were lowered by ~0.5 pH units and both strains could oxidise up to 2.7-2.9 mM NH3, only limited by buffering capacity. NHB1 possesses a cyanase facilitating reciprocal cross-feeding via generating cyanate-derived NH3 and utilising AOA-derived NO2 -. Removal of NO2 -is likely crucial for nitrifier growth in acidic soils and this study highlights the importance of considering substrate and metabolic product concentrations when characterising physiology. Genome analysis reveals that NHB1 is distinct from validated species and the name 'Nitrobacter laanbroekii' is proposed.

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hal-04798389 , version 1 (22-11-2024)

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Linda Hink, Eleftheria Bachtsevani, Yiyu Meng, Christopher J Sedlacek, Sungeun Lee, et al.. Acidotolerant soil nitrite oxidiser 'Candidatus Nitrobacter laanbroekii' NHB1 alleviates constraints on growth of acidophilic soil ammonia oxidisers. 2024. ⟨hal-04798389⟩
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