Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals ...
The discovery of large ecosystems of cold-water corals (CWC), stretching along continental margins in depths of hundreds to thousands of meters, has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance as deep-sea hard-ground habitat. This study represents the first investigatio...
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ftdatacite:10.7892/boris.91408 2024-09-30T14:38:20+00:00 Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals ... Ramette, Alban Nicolas Hoffmann, Friederike Wild, Christian Boetius, Antje Rapp, Hans Tore Schöttner, Sandra 2009 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.91408 https://boris.unibe.ch/91408/ en eng Nature Publishing Group info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess 570 Life sciences; biology 610 Medicine & health 360 Social problems & social services CreativeWork Workflow article 2009 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7892/boris.91408 2024-09-02T10:17:31Z The discovery of large ecosystems of cold-water corals (CWC), stretching along continental margins in depths of hundreds to thousands of meters, has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance as deep-sea hard-ground habitat. This study represents the first investigation that explicitly targets bacterial diversity from distinct microbial habitats associated with the cosmopolitan reef-building coral Lophelia pertusa, and also compares natural (fjord) and controlled (aquarium) conditions. Coral skeleton surface, coral mucus, ambient seawater and reef sediments clearly showed habitat-specific differences in community structure and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) number. Especially in the natural environment, bacterial communities associated with coral-generated habitats were significantly more diverse than those present in the surrounding, non-coral habitats, or those in artificial coral living conditions (fjord vs aquarium). These findings strongly indicate characteristic ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa DataCite |
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The discovery of large ecosystems of cold-water corals (CWC), stretching along continental margins in depths of hundreds to thousands of meters, has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance as deep-sea hard-ground habitat. This study represents the first investigation that explicitly targets bacterial diversity from distinct microbial habitats associated with the cosmopolitan reef-building coral Lophelia pertusa, and also compares natural (fjord) and controlled (aquarium) conditions. Coral skeleton surface, coral mucus, ambient seawater and reef sediments clearly showed habitat-specific differences in community structure and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) number. Especially in the natural environment, bacterial communities associated with coral-generated habitats were significantly more diverse than those present in the surrounding, non-coral habitats, or those in artificial coral living conditions (fjord vs aquarium). These findings strongly indicate characteristic ... |
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Ramette, Alban Nicolas Hoffmann, Friederike Wild, Christian Boetius, Antje Rapp, Hans Tore Schöttner, Sandra |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals ... |
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