Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities
Host-associated bacterial communities have received limited attention in polar habitats, but are likely to represent distinct nutrient-rich niches compared to the surrounding environment. Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) are a super-abundant species with a circumpolar distribution, and the kril...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:130401 2023-05-15T13:55:18+02:00 Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities Clarke, LC Suter, L King, R Bissett, A Deagle, BE 2019 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130401 en eng Frontiers Research Foundation http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130401/1/130401 - Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226 Clarke, LC and Suter, L and King, R and Bissett, A and Deagle, BE, Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities, Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 Article 3226. ISSN 1664-302X (2019) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130401 Biological Sciences Microbiology Microbial Ecology Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226 2019-12-16T23:16:15Z Host-associated bacterial communities have received limited attention in polar habitats, but are likely to represent distinct nutrient-rich niches compared to the surrounding environment. Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) are a super-abundant species with a circumpolar distribution, and the krill microbiome may make a substantial contribution to marine bacterial diversity in the Southern Ocean. We used high-throughput sequencing of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene to characterize bacterial diversity in seawater and krill tissue samples from four locations south of the Kerguelen Plateau, one of the most productive regions in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. Krill-associated bacterial communities were distinct from those of the surrounding seawater, with different communities inhabiting the moults, digestive tract and faecal pellets, including several phyla not detected in the surrounding seawater. Digestive tissues from many individuals contained a potential gut symbiont (order: Mycoplasmoidales) shown to improve survival on a low quality diet in other crustaceans. Antarctic krill swarms thus influence Southern Ocean microbial communities not only through top-down grazing of eukaryotic cells and release of nutrients into the water column, but also by transporting distinct microbial assemblages horizontally via migration and vertically via sinking faecal pellets and moulted exuviae. Changes to Antarctic krill demographics or distribution through fishing pressure or climate-induced range shifts will also influence the composition and dispersal of Southern Ocean microbial communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Southern Ocean Kerguelen Indian Frontiers in Microbiology 9 |
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Host-associated bacterial communities have received limited attention in polar habitats, but are likely to represent distinct nutrient-rich niches compared to the surrounding environment. Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) are a super-abundant species with a circumpolar distribution, and the krill microbiome may make a substantial contribution to marine bacterial diversity in the Southern Ocean. We used high-throughput sequencing of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene to characterize bacterial diversity in seawater and krill tissue samples from four locations south of the Kerguelen Plateau, one of the most productive regions in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. Krill-associated bacterial communities were distinct from those of the surrounding seawater, with different communities inhabiting the moults, digestive tract and faecal pellets, including several phyla not detected in the surrounding seawater. Digestive tissues from many individuals contained a potential gut symbiont (order: Mycoplasmoidales) shown to improve survival on a low quality diet in other crustaceans. Antarctic krill swarms thus influence Southern Ocean microbial communities not only through top-down grazing of eukaryotic cells and release of nutrients into the water column, but also by transporting distinct microbial assemblages horizontally via migration and vertically via sinking faecal pellets and moulted exuviae. Changes to Antarctic krill demographics or distribution through fishing pressure or climate-induced range shifts will also influence the composition and dispersal of Southern Ocean microbial communities. |
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Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities |
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Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities |
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Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities |
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Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities |
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Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities |
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antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct southern ocean microbial communities |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba Southern Ocean |
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130401/1/130401 - Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226 Clarke, LC and Suter, L and King, R and Bissett, A and Deagle, BE, Antarctic krill are reservoirs for distinct Southern Ocean microbial communities, Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 Article 3226. ISSN 1664-302X (2019) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/130401 |
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