Winter bloom of a rare betaproteobacterium in the Arctic Ocean
9 pages, 6 figures Extremely low abundance microorganisms (members of the “rare biosphere”) are believed to include dormant taxa, which can sporadically become abundant following environmental triggers. Yet, microbial transitions from rare to abundant have seldom been captured in situ, and it is unc...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/102980 2024-02-11T10:00:43+01:00 Winter bloom of a rare betaproteobacterium in the Arctic Ocean Alonso-Sáez, Laura Zeder, Michael Harding, Tommy Pernthaler, Jakob Lovejoy, Connie Bertilsson, Stefan Pedrós-Alió, Carlos 2014-08 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/102980 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00425 en eng Frontiers Media https://doi.org//10.3389/fmicb.2014.00425 Sí Frontiers in Microbiology 5: 425 (2014) 1664-302X http://hdl.handle.net/10261/102980 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00425 25191307 open Arctic Betaproteobacteria Biofilms Blooms Janthinobacterium Rare biosphere artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2014 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00425 2024-01-16T10:01:37Z 9 pages, 6 figures Extremely low abundance microorganisms (members of the “rare biosphere”) are believed to include dormant taxa, which can sporadically become abundant following environmental triggers. Yet, microbial transitions from rare to abundant have seldom been captured in situ, and it is uncertain how widespread these transitions are. A bloom of a single ribotype (≥99% similarity in the 16S ribosomal RNA gene) of a widespread betaproteobacterium (Janthinobacterium sp.) occurred over 2 weeks in Arctic marine waters. The Janthinobacterium population was not detected microscopically in situ in January and early February, but suddenly appeared in the water column thereafter, eventually accounting for up to 20% of bacterial cells in mid February. During the bloom, this bacterium was detected at open water sites up to 50 km apart, being abundant down to more than 300 m. This event is one of the largest monospecific bacterial blooms reported in polar oceans. It is also remarkable because Betaproteobacteria are typically found only in low abundance in marine environments. In particular, Janthinobacterium were known from non-marine habitats and had previously been detected only in the rare biosphere of seawater samples, including the polar oceans. The Arctic Janthinobacterium formed mucilagenous monolayer aggregates after short (ca. 8 h) incubations, suggesting that biofilm formation may play a role in maintaining rare bacteria in pelagic marine environments. The spontaneous mass occurrence of this opportunistic rare taxon in polar waters during the energy-limited season extends current knowledge of how and when microbial transitions between rare and abundant occur in the ocean This work is a contribution to the International Polar Year—Circumpolar Flaw Lead system study (IPY-CFL 2007/2008) supported through grants from the Canadian IPY Federal Program Office, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and grants BOREAL (CLG2007-28872-E/ANT) and GEMMA (CTM2007-63753-C02-01/MAR) from the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean International Polar Year IPY Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Arctic Ocean Frontiers in Microbiology 5 |
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9 pages, 6 figures Extremely low abundance microorganisms (members of the “rare biosphere”) are believed to include dormant taxa, which can sporadically become abundant following environmental triggers. Yet, microbial transitions from rare to abundant have seldom been captured in situ, and it is uncertain how widespread these transitions are. A bloom of a single ribotype (≥99% similarity in the 16S ribosomal RNA gene) of a widespread betaproteobacterium (Janthinobacterium sp.) occurred over 2 weeks in Arctic marine waters. The Janthinobacterium population was not detected microscopically in situ in January and early February, but suddenly appeared in the water column thereafter, eventually accounting for up to 20% of bacterial cells in mid February. During the bloom, this bacterium was detected at open water sites up to 50 km apart, being abundant down to more than 300 m. This event is one of the largest monospecific bacterial blooms reported in polar oceans. It is also remarkable because Betaproteobacteria are typically found only in low abundance in marine environments. In particular, Janthinobacterium were known from non-marine habitats and had previously been detected only in the rare biosphere of seawater samples, including the polar oceans. The Arctic Janthinobacterium formed mucilagenous monolayer aggregates after short (ca. 8 h) incubations, suggesting that biofilm formation may play a role in maintaining rare bacteria in pelagic marine environments. The spontaneous mass occurrence of this opportunistic rare taxon in polar waters during the energy-limited season extends current knowledge of how and when microbial transitions between rare and abundant occur in the ocean This work is a contribution to the International Polar Year—Circumpolar Flaw Lead system study (IPY-CFL 2007/2008) supported through grants from the Canadian IPY Federal Program Office, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and grants BOREAL (CLG2007-28872-E/ANT) and GEMMA (CTM2007-63753-C02-01/MAR) from the ... |
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Winter bloom of a rare betaproteobacterium in the Arctic Ocean |
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