<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yan Zhang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Lujun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sun, Renhua</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dai, Tianjiao</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tian, Jinping</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wei Zheng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wen, Donghui</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Population and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in a pollutants’ receiving area in Hangzhou Bay</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1007/s00253-016-7421-z</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">100</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6035-6045</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The community structure of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms is sensitive to various environmental factors, including pollutions. In this study, real-time PCR and 454 pyrosequencing were adopted to investigate the population and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) temporally and spatially in the sediments of an industrial effluent receiving area in the Qiantang River’s estuary, Hangzhou Bay. The abundances of AOA and AOB &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt; genes fluctuated in 10&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;–10&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt; gene copies per gram of sediment; the ratio of AOA &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt;/AOB &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt; ranged in 0.39–5.52. The AOA &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt;/archaeal 16S rRNA, AOB &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt;/bacterial 16S rRNA, and AOA &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt;/AOB &lt;em&gt;amoA&lt;/em&gt; were found to positively correlate with NH&lt;sup&gt;4+&lt;/sup&gt;-N concentration of the seawater. &lt;em&gt;Nitrosopumilus&lt;/em&gt; cluster and &lt;em&gt;Nitrosomonas&lt;/em&gt;-like cluster were the dominant AOA and AOB, respectively. The community structures of both AOA and AOB in the sediments exhibited significant seasonal differences rather than spatial changes in the effluent receiving area. The phylogenetic distribution of AOB in this area was consistent with the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) discharging the effluent but differed from the Qiantang River and other estuaries, which might be an outcome of long-term effluent discharge.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></issue></record></records></xml>