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The water depth-dependent co-occurrence patterns of marine bacteria in shallow and dynamic Southern Coast, Korea.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the interactions between bacterial species in relation to the biotic and abiotic environmental fluctuations, free-living (FL), nanoparticle-associated (NP), and microparticle-associated (MP) bacterial community compositions (BCCs) were analyzed. A total of 267 samples were collected from July to December 2016 in the dynamic and shallow southern coastal water of Korea. The variations in BCC mostly depended on planktonic size fraction. Network analysis revealed water depth-dependent co-occurrence patterns of coastal bacterial communities. Higher interspecies connectivity was observed within FL bacteria than NP/MP bacteria, suggesting that FL bacteria with a streamlined genome may need other bacterial metabolites for survival, while the NP/MP copiotrophs may have the self-supporting capacity to produce the vital nutrients. The analysis of topological roles of individual OTUs in the network revealed that several groups of metabolically versatile bacteria (the marine Roseobacters, Flavobacteriales, Desulfobacterales, and SAR406 clade) acted as module hubs in different water depth. In conclusion, interspecies interactions dominated in FL bacteria, compared to NP and MP bacteria; modular structures of bacterial communities and keystone species strongly depended on the water depth-derived environmental factors. Furthermore, the multifunctional, versatile FL bacteria could play pivotal roles in dynamic shallow coastal ecosystems.

SUBMITTER: Cui Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591218 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The water depth-dependent co-occurrence patterns of marine bacteria in shallow and dynamic Southern Coast, Korea.

Cui Yingshun Y Chun Seong-Jun SJ Baek Seung Ho SH Lee Minji M Kim Yunji Y Lee Hyung-Gwan HG Ko So-Ra SR Hwang Seungwoo S Ahn Chi-Yong CY Oh Hee-Mock HM

Scientific reports 20190624 1

To investigate the interactions between bacterial species in relation to the biotic and abiotic environmental fluctuations, free-living (FL), nanoparticle-associated (NP), and microparticle-associated (MP) bacterial community compositions (BCCs) were analyzed. A total of 267 samples were collected from July to December 2016 in the dynamic and shallow southern coastal water of Korea. The variations in BCC mostly depended on planktonic size fraction. Network analysis revealed water depth-dependent ...[more]

PMID: 31235719

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