Regional and oyster microenvironmental scale heterogeneity in the Pacific oyster bacterial community.

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: King, W.L., Siboni, N., Kahlke, T., Dove, M., O'Connor, W., Mahbub, K.R., Jenkins, C., Seymour, J.R., Labbate, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
• Subjects: Crassostrea; microbiome; microenvironments; core microbiome; bivalve; invertebrate microbiota; Gills; Animals; Bacteria; RNA; Ribosomal; 16S; Microbiota; O'Connor; Pacific; Seymour; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2440/139298; https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa054

Different organs of a host represent distinct microenvironments resulting in the establishment of multiple discrete bacterial communities within a host. These discrete bacterial communities can also vary according to geographical location. For the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, the factors gover...