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    Comparative Assessment of Mediterranean Gorgonian-Associated Microbial Communities Reveals Conserved Core and Locally Variant Bacteria

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    Authors
    van de Water, Jeroen A. J. M. cc
    Melkonian, Rémy
    Voolstra, Christian R. cc
    Junca, Howard
    Beraud, Eric
    Allemand, Denis
    Ferrier-Pagès, Christine
    KAUST Department
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Marine Science Program
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Date
    2016-10-10
    Online Publication Date
    2016-10-10
    Print Publication Date
    2017-02
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622184
    
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    Abstract
    Gorgonians are key habitat-forming species of Mediterranean benthic communities, but their populations have suffered from mass mortality events linked to high summer seawater temperatures and microbial disease. However, our knowledge on the diversity, dynamics and function of gorgonian-associated microbial communities is limited. Here, we analysed the spatial variability of the microbiomes of five sympatric gorgonian species (Eunicella singularis, Eunicella cavolini, Eunicella verrucosa, Leptogorgia sarmentosa and Paramuricea clavata), collected from the Mediterranean Sea over a scale of ∼1100 km, using next-generation amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The microbiomes of all gorgonian species were generally dominated by members of the genus Endozoicomonas, which were at very low abundance in the surrounding seawater. Although the composition of the core microbiome (operational taxonomic units consistently present in a species) was found to be unique for each host species, significant overlap was observed. These spatially consistent associations between gorgonians and their core bacteria suggest intricate symbiotic relationships and regulation of the microbiome composition by the host. At the same time, local variations in microbiome composition were observed. Functional predictive profiling indicated that these differences could be attributed to seawater pollution. Taken together, our data indicate that gorgonian-associated microbiomes are composed of spatially conserved bacteria (core microbiome members) and locally variant members, and that local pollution may influence these local associations, potentially impacting gorgonian health.
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    Van de Water JAJM, Melkonian R, Voolstra CR, Junca H, Beraud E, et al. (2016) Comparative Assessment of Mediterranean Gorgonian-Associated Microbial Communities Reveals Conserved Core and Locally Variant Bacteria. Microbial Ecology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-016-0858-x.
    Sponsors
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Fondation Paul Hamel
    Publisher
    Springer Nature
    Journal
    Microbial Ecology
    DOI
    10.1007/s00248-016-0858-x
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1007/s00248-016-0858-x
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC); Marine Science Program

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