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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ftunivbern:oai:boris.unibe.ch:91408 2023-08-20T04:07:53+02:00 Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals Schöttner, Sandra Hoffmann, Friederike Wild, Christian Rapp, Hans Tore Boetius, Antje Ramette, Alban Nicolas 2009 application/pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/91408/1/ismej200915a.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/91408/ eng eng Nature Publishing Group https://boris.unibe.ch/91408/ info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Schöttner, Sandra; Hoffmann, Friederike; Wild, Christian; Rapp, Hans Tore; Boetius, Antje; Ramette, Alban Nicolas (2009). Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals. The ISME journal, 3(6), pp. 756-759. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ismej.2009.15 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2009.15> 570 Life sciences biology 360 Social problems & social services 610 Medicine & health info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2009 ftunivbern https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2009.15 2023-07-31T21:30:49Z 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 BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) The ISME Journal 3 6 756 759 |
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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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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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