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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ftpubman:oai:pure.mpg.de:item_2485192 2023-08-20T04:07:53+02:00 Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals Schöttner, S. Hoffmann, F. Wild, C. Rapp, H. Boetius, A. Ramette, A. 2009-06 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-CC10-7 http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-7773-2 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-CC10-7 http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-7773-2 The ISME Journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2009 ftpubman 2023-08-01T20:46:30Z 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 coral–microbe associations and, furthermore, suggest that the variety of coral-generated habitats within reef systems promotes microbial diversity in the deep ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa Max Planck Society: MPG.PuRe |
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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 coral–microbe associations and, furthermore, suggest that the variety of coral-generated habitats within reef systems promotes microbial diversity in the deep ocean. |
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Schöttner, S. Hoffmann, F. Wild, C. Rapp, H. Boetius, A. Ramette, A. Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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Schöttner, S. Hoffmann, F. Wild, C. Rapp, H. Boetius, A. Ramette, A. |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals |
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