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Deep-sea anthropogenic macrodebris harbours rich and diverse communities of bacteria and archaea.


ABSTRACT: The deep sea is the largest biome on earth, and microbes dominate in biomass and abundance. Anthropogenic litter is now almost ubiquitous in this biome, and its deposition creates new habitats and environments, including for microbial assemblages. With the ever increasing accumulation of this debris, it is timely to identify and describe the bacterial and archaeal communities that are able to form biofilms on macrodebris in the deep sea. Using 16S rRNA gene high throughput sequencing, we show for the first time the composition of bacteria and archaea on macrodebris collected from the deep sea. Our data suggest differences in the microbial assemblage composition across litter of different materials including metal, rubber, glass, fabric and plastic. These results imply that anthropogenic macrodebris provide diverse habitats for bacterial and archaeal biofilms and each may harbour distinct microbial communities.

SUBMITTER: Woodall LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261660 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Deep-sea anthropogenic macrodebris harbours rich and diverse communities of bacteria and archaea.

Woodall Lucy C LC   Jungblut Anna D AD   Hopkins Kevin K   Hall Andie A   Robinson Laura F LF   Gwinnett Claire C   Paterson Gordon L J GLJ  

PloS one 20181128 11


The deep sea is the largest biome on earth, and microbes dominate in biomass and abundance. Anthropogenic litter is now almost ubiquitous in this biome, and its deposition creates new habitats and environments, including for microbial assemblages. With the ever increasing accumulation of this debris, it is timely to identify and describe the bacterial and archaeal communities that are able to form biofilms on macrodebris in the deep sea. Using 16S rRNA gene high throughput sequencing, we show fo  ...[more]

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