Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities

Zooplankton and microbes play a key role in the ocean's biological cycles by releasing and consuming copious amounts of particulate and dissolved organic matter. Additionally, zooplankton provide a complex microhabitat rich in organic and inorganic nutrients in which bacteria thrive. In this st...

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Published in:Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors: De Corte, Daniele, Srivastava, Abhishek, Koski, Marja, Garcia, Juan Antonio L, Takaki, Yoshihiro, Yokokawa, Taichi, Nunoura, Takuro, Elisabeth, Nathalie H., Sintes, Eva, Herndl, Gerhard J.
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/20b950d0-09c1-4325-be3d-f2a18ba84028 2024-05-19T07:45:09+00:00 Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities De Corte, Daniele Srivastava, Abhishek Koski, Marja Garcia, Juan Antonio L Takaki, Yoshihiro Yokokawa, Taichi Nunoura, Takuro Elisabeth, Nathalie H. Sintes, Eva Herndl, Gerhard J. 2018 application/pdf https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/20b950d0-09c1-4325-be3d-f2a18ba84028 https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13944 https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/137754425/Postprint.pdf eng eng https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/20b950d0-09c1-4325-be3d-f2a18ba84028 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess De Corte , D , Srivastava , A , Koski , M , Garcia , J A L , Takaki , Y , Yokokawa , T , Nunoura , T , Elisabeth , N H , Sintes , E & Herndl , G J 2018 , ' Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities ' , Environmental Microbiology , vol. 20 , no. 2 , pp. 492-405 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13944 Atlantic Ocean Illumina sequencing Metagenome Microbes Oligotypes Zooplankton article 2018 ftdtupubl https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13944 2024-05-01T00:24:54Z Zooplankton and microbes play a key role in the ocean's biological cycles by releasing and consuming copious amounts of particulate and dissolved organic matter. Additionally, zooplankton provide a complex microhabitat rich in organic and inorganic nutrients in which bacteria thrive. In this study, we assessed the phylogenetic composition and metabolic potential of microbial communities associated with crustacean zooplankton species collected in the North Atlantic. Using Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene we found significant differences between the microbial communities associated with zooplankton and those inhabiting the surrounding seawater. Metagenomic analysis of the zooplankton-associated microbial community revealed a highly specialized bacterial community able to exploit zooplankton as microhabitat and thus, mediating biogeochemical processes generally underrepresented in the open ocean. The zooplankton-associated bacterial community is able to colonize the zooplankton's internal and external surfaces by using a large set of adhesion mechanisms and to metabolize complex organic compounds released or exuded by the zooplankton such as chitin, taurine and other complex molecules. Moreover, the high number of genes involved in iron and phosphorus metabolisms in the zooplankton-associated microbiome suggests that this zooplankton-associated bacterial community mediates specific biogeochemical processes (through the proliferation of specific taxa) that are generally underrepresented in the ambient waters. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Environmental Microbiology 20 2 492 505
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topic Atlantic Ocean
Illumina sequencing
Metagenome
Microbes
Oligotypes
Zooplankton
spellingShingle Atlantic Ocean
Illumina sequencing
Metagenome
Microbes
Oligotypes
Zooplankton
De Corte, Daniele
Srivastava, Abhishek
Koski, Marja
Garcia, Juan Antonio L
Takaki, Yoshihiro
Yokokawa, Taichi
Nunoura, Takuro
Elisabeth, Nathalie H.
Sintes, Eva
Herndl, Gerhard J.
Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
topic_facet Atlantic Ocean
Illumina sequencing
Metagenome
Microbes
Oligotypes
Zooplankton
description Zooplankton and microbes play a key role in the ocean's biological cycles by releasing and consuming copious amounts of particulate and dissolved organic matter. Additionally, zooplankton provide a complex microhabitat rich in organic and inorganic nutrients in which bacteria thrive. In this study, we assessed the phylogenetic composition and metabolic potential of microbial communities associated with crustacean zooplankton species collected in the North Atlantic. Using Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene we found significant differences between the microbial communities associated with zooplankton and those inhabiting the surrounding seawater. Metagenomic analysis of the zooplankton-associated microbial community revealed a highly specialized bacterial community able to exploit zooplankton as microhabitat and thus, mediating biogeochemical processes generally underrepresented in the open ocean. The zooplankton-associated bacterial community is able to colonize the zooplankton's internal and external surfaces by using a large set of adhesion mechanisms and to metabolize complex organic compounds released or exuded by the zooplankton such as chitin, taurine and other complex molecules. Moreover, the high number of genes involved in iron and phosphorus metabolisms in the zooplankton-associated microbiome suggests that this zooplankton-associated bacterial community mediates specific biogeochemical processes (through the proliferation of specific taxa) that are generally underrepresented in the ambient waters. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author De Corte, Daniele
Srivastava, Abhishek
Koski, Marja
Garcia, Juan Antonio L
Takaki, Yoshihiro
Yokokawa, Taichi
Nunoura, Takuro
Elisabeth, Nathalie H.
Sintes, Eva
Herndl, Gerhard J.
author_facet De Corte, Daniele
Srivastava, Abhishek
Koski, Marja
Garcia, Juan Antonio L
Takaki, Yoshihiro
Yokokawa, Taichi
Nunoura, Takuro
Elisabeth, Nathalie H.
Sintes, Eva
Herndl, Gerhard J.
author_sort De Corte, Daniele
title Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
title_short Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
title_full Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
title_fullStr Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
title_full_unstemmed Metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
title_sort metagenomic insights into zooplankton-associated bacterial communities
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