Light supports cell-integrity and growth rates of taxonomically diverse coastal photoheterotrophs.
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Arandia-Gorostidi, Nestor
González, José M

Huete-Stauffer, Tamara

Ansari, Mohd Ikram

Moran, Xose Anxelu G.

Alonso-Sáez, Laura

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Microbial oceanography Research Group
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2020-08-02Online Publication Date
2020-08-02Print Publication Date
2020-09Embargo End Date
2021-07-10Submitted Date
2019-05-23Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664249
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Despite the widespread distribution of proteorhodopsin (PR)-containing bacteria in the oceans, the use of light-derived energy to promote bacterial growth has only been shown in a few bacterial isolates, and there is a paucity of data describing the metabolic effects of light on environmental photoheterotrophic taxa. Here, we assessed the effects of light on the taxonomic composition, cell integrity and growth responses of microbial communities in monthly incubations between spring and autumn under different environmental conditions. The photoheterotrophs expressing PR in situ were dominated by Pelagibacterales and SAR116 in July and November, while members of Euryarchaeota, Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes dominated the PR expression in spring. Cell-membrane integrity decreased under dark conditions throughout most of the assessment, with maximal effects in summer, under low-nutrient conditions. A positive effect of light on growth was observed in one incubation (out of nine), coinciding with a declining phytoplankton bloom. Light-enhanced growth was found in Gammaproteobacteria (Alteromonadales) and Bacteroidetes (Polaribacter and Tenacibaculum). Unexpectedly, some Pelagibacterales also exhibited higher growth rates under light conditions. We propose that the energy harvested by PRs helps to maintain cell viability in dominant coastal photoheterotrophic oligotrophs while promoting growth of some widespread taxa benefiting from the decline of phytoplankton blooms. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Citation
Arandia-Gorostidi, N., González, J. M., Huete-Stauffer, T., Ansari, M. I., Morán, X. A. G., & Alonso-Sáez, L. (2020). Light supports cell-integrity and growth rates of taxonomically diverse coastal photoheterotrophs. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15158Sponsors
We are grateful to Basque Government for supporting N.A.G.’s Ph.D. fellowship the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) for supporting L.A.S.’s Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2012-11404) and the COMITE project (CTM-2010–15840). The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness also supported J.M.G project (CTM2016-80095-C2-2-R). We are very thankful to all the staff of the R/V “José de Rioja” for their help during the sampling collection and L. Díaz for her help during the experiments. We are also grateful to A. R. Bausch for English editing.Publisher
WileyJournal
Environmental microbiologyPubMed ID
32643243Additional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1462-2920.15158ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/1462-2920.15158
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