Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Diversity and abundance of archaeal amoA genes in the permanent and temporary oxygen minimum zones of Indian Ocean. Oxygen minimum zones are results of oxygen consumption exceeding the oxygen availability in stratified water columns of the marine environment. We compared the ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) gene abundance and the diversity of ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) in the Arabian Sea (AS) with those of the Bay of Bengal (BoB). Three primer pairs targeting amoA genes of water column A (WCA), water column B (WCB) and total AOA (amoAt) captured different densities of gene copy numbers in both marginal seas. Water column A (WCA) ecotypes were more abundant in the AS than in the BoB. Core-OMZ depths of the BoB contained 10 times lower amoA copy numbers than those of the AS. Along with sampling depth, concentration of ammonia shapes the WCA/WCB ecotypes in AS/BoB. Among the total AOA populations, WCB ecotypes were more abundant. The amoA gene sequences were either of Nitrosopumilales or Ca. Nitrosotaleales members and belonged to NP-{gamma}, NP-{delta}, NS-{beta}, NS-{gamma} and NS-{varepsilon} sub-clades. Pairwise distance and nucleotide diversity index analysis reveals that BoB nurtures two times more diverse amoA sequences than the AS. The core OMZ region of the BoB contains a two-fold higher diversity of amoA gene sequences compared to the AS, whereas the AS contains 13 times more abundant amoA copies than the BoB.
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