Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific
Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing have enabled the large-scale interrogation of microbiota in the most diverse environments, including host-associated microbiota. This has led to the recognition that the skin microbiota of rorquals is specific and structurally different from that of the...
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ftpunivcchile:oai:repositorio.uc.cl:11534/76660 2024-04-21T07:57:51+00:00 Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific Toro, Frederick Alarcon, Jaime Marquez, Sebastian Capella, Juan Bahamonde, Paulina Esperon, Fernando Moreno Switt, Andrea Castro Nallar, Eduardo 2024-01-10T12:11:29Z 10 páginas https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76660 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab050 en eng OXFORD UNIV PRESS doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab050 1574-6941 0168-6496 MEDLINE:33749784 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab050 https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76660 WOS:000661470800006 registro bibliográfico rorquals skin microbiota pacific ocean amplicon sequencing bacterial composition amplicon sequence variants 03 Good Health and Well-being 03 Salud y bienestar artículo 2024 ftpunivcchile https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab050 2024-03-27T15:29:03Z Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing have enabled the large-scale interrogation of microbiota in the most diverse environments, including host-associated microbiota. This has led to the recognition that the skin microbiota of rorquals is specific and structurally different from that of the ocean. This study reveals the skin microbiome of 85 wild individuals along the Chilean coast belonging to Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaenoptera musculus and Balaenoptera physalus. Alpha diversity analysis revealed significant differences in richness and phylogenetic diversity, particularly among humpback whales from different locations and between blue and humpback whales. Beta diversity was partially explained by host and location but only accounting for up to 17% of microbiota variability (adjusted VPA). Overall, we found that microbiota composition was dominated by bacterial genera such as Cardiobacter, Moraxella, Tenacibaculum, Stenotrophomonas, Flavobacteria and Pseudomonas. We also found that no ASVs were associated with the three rorqual species. Up to four ASVs were specific of a location, indicating a great variability in the microbiota. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the composition and structure of the skin microbiota of whales off the coast of Chile, providing a foundational dataset to understand the microbiota's role in rorquals. ANID-FONDECYT Regular ANID-PIA-Anillo INACH Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Megaptera novaeangliae Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Repositorio UC FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97 5 |
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rorquals skin microbiota pacific ocean amplicon sequencing bacterial composition amplicon sequence variants 03 Good Health and Well-being 03 Salud y bienestar Toro, Frederick Alarcon, Jaime Marquez, Sebastian Capella, Juan Bahamonde, Paulina Esperon, Fernando Moreno Switt, Andrea Castro Nallar, Eduardo Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing have enabled the large-scale interrogation of microbiota in the most diverse environments, including host-associated microbiota. This has led to the recognition that the skin microbiota of rorquals is specific and structurally different from that of the ocean. This study reveals the skin microbiome of 85 wild individuals along the Chilean coast belonging to Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaenoptera musculus and Balaenoptera physalus. Alpha diversity analysis revealed significant differences in richness and phylogenetic diversity, particularly among humpback whales from different locations and between blue and humpback whales. Beta diversity was partially explained by host and location but only accounting for up to 17% of microbiota variability (adjusted VPA). Overall, we found that microbiota composition was dominated by bacterial genera such as Cardiobacter, Moraxella, Tenacibaculum, Stenotrophomonas, Flavobacteria and Pseudomonas. We also found that no ASVs were associated with the three rorqual species. Up to four ASVs were specific of a location, indicating a great variability in the microbiota. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the composition and structure of the skin microbiota of whales off the coast of Chile, providing a foundational dataset to understand the microbiota's role in rorquals. ANID-FONDECYT Regular ANID-PIA-Anillo INACH |
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Toro, Frederick Alarcon, Jaime Marquez, Sebastian Capella, Juan Bahamonde, Paulina Esperon, Fernando Moreno Switt, Andrea Castro Nallar, Eduardo |
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Toro, Frederick Alarcon, Jaime Marquez, Sebastian Capella, Juan Bahamonde, Paulina Esperon, Fernando Moreno Switt, Andrea Castro Nallar, Eduardo |
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Toro, Frederick |
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Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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Composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the Eastern South Pacific |
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composition and structure of the skin microbiota of rorquals off the eastern south pacific |
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Megaptera novaeangliae |
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Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Megaptera novaeangliae |
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