Review Article

Perspective for Aquaponic Systems: “Omic” Technologies for Microbial Community Analysis

Table 1

Microorganisms identified in RAS biofilter component related with freshwater.

Group Microorganism Process References

Actinobacteria Microbacterium imperiale [30]
Mycobacterium chitae [30]
Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Pathogen in humans[39]
Propionibacterium acnes [39]
Acidobacteria Acidobacteria bacterium [39]
Bacteroidetes Chryseobacterium  sp.Some strains pathogen in humans [37]
Flavobacteriales bacterium Sulfate reduction [37]
Flavobacterium columnare Pathogen in fish [39]
Flavobacterium  sp.Heterotrophic denitrification [38, 39]
Bacteroides plebeius Sulfate reduction [39]
Myroides  sp.Pathogen in humans [37]
Sphingobacterium  sp.Pathogen in fish [30, 37, 39]
Flectobacillus Heterotrophic bacteria [39]
-Proteobacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens Pathogen in superior plants/nitrogen fixation[30]
Filomicrobium fusiforme [30]
Hyphomicrobium facilis [30, 39]
Hyphomicrobium denitrificans  sp.Heterotrophic denitrification [30]
Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nitrite oxidation [30, 40]
Nordella oligomobilis [30]
Ochrobactrum anthropi [30]
Rhizobium  sp.Nitrogen fixation [30, 37, 39]
Rhodopseudomonas acidophila [30]
Rhodovulum euryhalinum Denitrification [30]
Bradyrhizobium japonicum [39]
Woodsholea maritima [39]
Rhodobacter  sp.Autotrophic denitrification/nitrogen fixation[22, 30]
-Proteobacteria Aquaspirillum  sp.Pathogen in fish [37]
Comamonas Heterotrophic denitrification/pathogen in fish[22, 37, 39]
Azovibrio restrictus [30]
Thiobacillus thioparus Ammonia oxidation [30]
Herbaspirillum  sp.[39]
Ideonella dechloratans Heterotrophic bacteria [39]
Rhodoferax fermentans Autotrophic denitrification [30]
Nitrosomonas aestuarii Anammox [38]
Nitrosomonas marina Anammox [16]
Nitrosomonas oligotropha Anammox [38]
-Proteobacteria Gemmatimonas aurantiaca [39]
Acinetobacter  sp.Heterotrophic bacteria [37, 39]
Aeromonas  sp.Heterotrophic denitrification/pathogen in fish and humans[37, 39]
Pseudomonas  sp.Heterotrophic denitrification/pathogen in fish and humans[16, 22, 37, 39]
Marinobacter  sp.[39]
Vibrio  sp.[39]
Edwardsiella  sp.Pathogen in fish [37]
-Proteobacteria Arcobacter nitrofigilis Nitrogen fixation [39]
Firmicutes Bacillus  sp.Pathogen in fish [37]
Lactobacillus paraplantarum [30]
Lactococcus lactis [39]
Macrococcus brunensis [30]
Macrococcus lamae [30]
Sarcina  sp.Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA)[37]
Sphingobacteria Flexibacter  sp.[30, 39]
Runella slithyformis [39]
Verrucomicrobia Verrucomicrobia spinosum [39]
Planctomycetes Pirellula staleyi Anammox [30, 41]
Planctomycetales  sp.Anammox [38]
Planctomyces maris Anammox [38]
Planctomicetes  sp.Nitrite oxidation [38]
Nitrospirae Nitrospira moscoviensis Nitrite oxidation [30, 38, 39]

All microorganisms of this table were analysed with 16S rRNA clone library method, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and few cases with biochemical procedures.