NITRICOS

Nitrogen removal in coastal sediments: molecular microbial ecology of nitrate reducing bacteria

Coordinatore	UNIVERSIDAD DE CADIZ    more  Organization address address: CALLE ANCHA 16 city: CADIZ postcode: 11001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Javier Cognome: Izquierdo Antón Email: send email Telefono: 34956015174 Fax: 34956015746
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	45˙000 €
EC contributo	45˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-03-16   -   2012-07-16

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSIDAD DE CADIZ  Organization address address: CALLE ANCHA 16 city: CADIZ postcode: 11001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Javier Cognome: Izquierdo Antón Email: send email Telefono: 34956015174 Fax: 34956015746	ES (CADIZ)	coordinator	12˙580.65
2	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS  Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Javier Cognome: Izquierdo Email: send email Telefono: 34956015174 Fax: 34956015746	ES (MADRID)	participant	32˙419.35

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Eutrophication of estuarine and coastal ecosystems due to increased anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen is an increasing problem. Benthic microbial processes can in part alleviate this by removing a significant part of the load. Nitrate in marine sediments can be removed by two main functional groups of bacteria. Bacterial denitrifiers reduce nitrate or nitrite to gases subsequently lost from the aquatic environment, while nitrate ammonifiers reduce nitrate to ammonium that remains in the system. In addition, a novel process, anammox can also remove significant amounts of N in certain environments. However, a product of denitrification is the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. Understanding the benthic processes involved in the removal of nitrogen, or the formation of nitrous oxide, is important for the management and reduction of nutrient load to coastal waters and greenhouse gases emissions. Although denitrification has been studied extensively, the other two processes and the factors that regulate the competition between these groups of bacteria remain largely unknown. Objectives of the project is to (1) link the distribution of gene abundance coding for key enzymes in the benthic nitrate reducing community and relate these to process rates and (2) study the environmental factors that influence the competition between the different functional groups of nitrate reducing bacteria. To accomplish this, we will apply modern molecular (eg. real time PCR) and biogeochemical (eg. stable isotopes, microelectrodes) techniques in an interdisciplinary way. The results will allow to test the hypotheses that changes in the availability of electron acceptors and donors result in differences in the distribution of functional genes and groups of nitrate reducers and that differences in rates and relative importance of key nitrogen processes along an estuarine gradient are related with changes in the expression of the corresponding functional genes.'