Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient
Abstract Using the Mediterranean coral Balanophyllia europaea naturally growing along a pH gradient close to Panarea island (Italy) as a model, we explored the role of host-associated microbiomes in coral acclimatization to ocean acidification (OA). Coral samples were collected at three sites along...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1038/s43705-022-00152-1 2024-09-15T18:28:14+00:00 Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient Palladino, Giorgia Caroselli, Erik Tavella, Teresa D’Amico, Federica Prada, Fiorella Mancuso, Arianna Franzellitti, Silvia Rampelli, Simone Candela, Marco Goffredo, Stefano Biagi, Elena 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00152-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-022-00152-1.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-022-00152-1 https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/article-pdf/2/1/65/55512772/43705_2022_article_152.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ISME Communications volume 2, issue 1 ISSN 2730-6151 journal-article 2022 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00152-1 2024-09-03T04:13:40Z Abstract Using the Mediterranean coral Balanophyllia europaea naturally growing along a pH gradient close to Panarea island (Italy) as a model, we explored the role of host-associated microbiomes in coral acclimatization to ocean acidification (OA). Coral samples were collected at three sites along the gradient, mimicking seawater conditions projected for 2100 under different IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scenarios, and mucus, soft tissue and skeleton associated microbiomes were characterized by shotgun metagenomics. According to our findings, OA induced functional changes in the microbiomes genetic potential that could mitigate the sub-optimal environmental conditions at three levels: i. selection of bacteria genetically equipped with functions related to stress resistance; ii. shifts in microbial carbohydrate metabolism from energy production to maintenance of cell membranes and walls integrity; iii. gain of functions able to respond to variations in nitrogen needs at the holobiont level, such as genes devoted to organic nitrogen mobilization. We hence provided hypotheses about the functional role of the coral associated microbiome in favoring host acclimatation to OA, remarking on the importance of considering the crosstalk among all the components of the holobiont to unveil how and to what extent corals will maintain their functionality under forthcoming ocean conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Oxford University Press ISME Communications 2 1 |
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Abstract Using the Mediterranean coral Balanophyllia europaea naturally growing along a pH gradient close to Panarea island (Italy) as a model, we explored the role of host-associated microbiomes in coral acclimatization to ocean acidification (OA). Coral samples were collected at three sites along the gradient, mimicking seawater conditions projected for 2100 under different IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scenarios, and mucus, soft tissue and skeleton associated microbiomes were characterized by shotgun metagenomics. According to our findings, OA induced functional changes in the microbiomes genetic potential that could mitigate the sub-optimal environmental conditions at three levels: i. selection of bacteria genetically equipped with functions related to stress resistance; ii. shifts in microbial carbohydrate metabolism from energy production to maintenance of cell membranes and walls integrity; iii. gain of functions able to respond to variations in nitrogen needs at the holobiont level, such as genes devoted to organic nitrogen mobilization. We hence provided hypotheses about the functional role of the coral associated microbiome in favoring host acclimatation to OA, remarking on the importance of considering the crosstalk among all the components of the holobiont to unveil how and to what extent corals will maintain their functionality under forthcoming ocean conditions. |
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Palladino, Giorgia Caroselli, Erik Tavella, Teresa D’Amico, Federica Prada, Fiorella Mancuso, Arianna Franzellitti, Silvia Rampelli, Simone Candela, Marco Goffredo, Stefano Biagi, Elena |
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Palladino, Giorgia Caroselli, Erik Tavella, Teresa D’Amico, Federica Prada, Fiorella Mancuso, Arianna Franzellitti, Silvia Rampelli, Simone Candela, Marco Goffredo, Stefano Biagi, Elena Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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Palladino, Giorgia Caroselli, Erik Tavella, Teresa D’Amico, Federica Prada, Fiorella Mancuso, Arianna Franzellitti, Silvia Rampelli, Simone Candela, Marco Goffredo, Stefano Biagi, Elena |
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Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient |
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metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral balanophyllia europaea living along a natural co2 gradient |
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