Tissue-Specific Microbiomes of the Red Sea Giant Clam Tridacna maxima Highlight Differential Abundance of Endozoicomonadaceae
dc.contributor.author | Rossbach, Susann | |
dc.contributor.author | Cardenas, Anny | |
dc.contributor.author | Perna, Gabriela | |
dc.contributor.author | Duarte, Carlos M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Voolstra, Christian R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-26T12:49:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-26T12:49:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-11-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rossbach, S., Cardenas, A., Perna, G., Duarte, C. M., & Voolstra, C. R. (2019). Tissue-Specific Microbiomes of the Red Sea Giant Clam Tridacna maxima Highlight Differential Abundance of Endozoicomonadaceae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02661 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02661 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660241 | |
dc.description.abstract | Giant clams (subfamily Tridacninae) are prevalent members of coral reef communities and engage in symbioses with algal photosymbionts of the family Symbiodiniaceae, similar to their scleractinian coral counterparts. However, we know little about their associated bacterial microbiome members. Here, we explored bacterial community diversity of digestive system, gill, and mantle tissues associated with the giant clam Tridacna maxima across a cross-shelf gradient (inshore, midshore, and offshore reef sites) in the central Red Sea using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Different tissues harbor spatially stable and distinct microbial communities. Notably, diverse assemblages of bacteria affiliated to the family Endozoicomonadaceae were prevalent in all tissues, but particularly abundant in gills and to a lesser extent in digestive tissues. Besides Endozoicomonadaceae, bacteria in the families Pasteurellaceae, Alteromonadaceae, and Comamonadaceae were common associates, depending on the tissue queried. Taxonomy-based functional inference identified processes related to nitrogen cycling (among others) to be enriched in giant clam tissues and contributed by Endozoicomonadaceae. Our study highlights the tissue-specificity and broad taxonomic range of Endozoicomonadaceae associates, similar to other marine invertebrates, and suggests their contribution to nitrogen-related pathways. The investigation of bivalve-associated microbiome communities provides an important addition to the pathogen-focused studies for commercially important bivalves (e.g., oysters). | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through baseline funding to CD (BAS/1/1071-01-01) and CV (BAS/1/1011-01-01). | |
dc.description.sponsorship | We thank Celina Burkholz, Felix Ivo Rossbach, and Vncent Saderne for assistance during the sampling of T. maxima specimen, the BioScience Core Lab (BCL) for sequencing assistance, and the Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab (CMOR) for the support of the diving operations. | |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media SA | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02661/full | |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2019 Rossbach, Cardenas, Perna, Duarte and Voolstra. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Tissue-Specific Microbiomes of the Red Sea Giant Clam Tridacna maxima Highlight Differential Abundance of Endozoicomonadaceae | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | Marine Science Program | |
dc.contributor.department | Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) | |
dc.contributor.department | Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division | |
dc.identifier.journal | Frontiers in Microbiology | |
dc.eprint.version | Publisher's Version/PDF | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany | |
kaust.person | Rossbach, Susann | |
kaust.person | Cardenas, Anny | |
kaust.person | Perna, Gabriela | |
kaust.person | Duarte, Carlos M. | |
kaust.person | Voolstra, Christian R. | |
kaust.grant.number | BAS/1/1071-01-01 | |
kaust.grant.number | BAS/1/1011-01-01 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-11-26T12:49:51Z | |
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnit | BioScience Core Lab (BCL) | |
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnit | Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab (CMOR) |
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