Abstract:[Objective]In order to study the characteristic of nitrogen transport,the community structure and diversity of related microorganisms in aquaculture water of the Pearl River Delta. [Methods]We established an artificial aquaculture v ecosystem to study the microbial community of 15N-stable isotope probing (15 N-SIP) labeled nitrogen transport microorganisms. The 15N-labeled DNA was separated by CsCl-ethidium bromide density gradient centrifugation,and was used to construct 16S rRNA gene clone libraries of bacteria and archaea. [Results] Phylogenetic analysis shows that 19 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) from bacterial library were clustered in Proteobacteria and Planctomycetes.Proteobacteria (99.2%) was the dominant group,mainly consisted of Comamonas (15.7%) ,Nitrosomonas (12.4%),Enterobacteriaceae (11.5%) and Nitrobacter (11.5%).From archaeal library 9 OTUs were divided into 3 phyla:Thaumarchaeota,Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota. [Conclusion]We successfully elucidated the microbial community of nitrogen transport microorganisms in aquaculture water of Pearl River Delta by using 15N-SIP. The data of the community will provide essential information for isolating nitrogen degrading microorganism,and provide scientific basis for creating a healthy aquaculture environmentl.