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Diversity of bacteria populations associated with different thallus regions of the brown alga Laminaria digitata.


ABSTRACT: Stipitate kelp species such as Laminaria digitata dominate most cold-water subtidal rocky shores and form underwater forests which are among the most productive coastal systems worldwide. Laminaria also sustains rich bacterial communities which offer a variety of biotechnological applications. However, to date, in-depth studies on the diversity and uniqueness of bacterial communities associated with this macroalgal species, their ecological role and their interactions with the alga are under-represented. To address this, the epibacterial populations associated with different thallus regions (holdfast, stipe, meristem, blade) of this brown seaweed were investigated using high-throughput Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes. The results show that epibacterial communities of the brown seaweed are significantly different and specific to the thallus region, with the shared bacterial population comprising of only 1.1% of the total amplicon sequence variants. The diverse holdfast and blade tissues formed distinct clusters while the meristem and stipe regions are more closely related. The data obtained further supports the hypothesis that macroalgal bacterial communities are shaped by morphological niches and display specificity.

SUBMITTER: Ihua MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688147 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diversity of bacteria populations associated with different thallus regions of the brown alga Laminaria digitata.

Ihua Maureen W MW   FitzGerald Jamie A JA   Guihéneuf Freddy F   Jackson Stephen A SA   Claesson Marcus J MJ   Stengel Dagmar B DB   Dobson Alan D W ADW  

PloS one 20201125 11


Stipitate kelp species such as Laminaria digitata dominate most cold-water subtidal rocky shores and form underwater forests which are among the most productive coastal systems worldwide. Laminaria also sustains rich bacterial communities which offer a variety of biotechnological applications. However, to date, in-depth studies on the diversity and uniqueness of bacterial communities associated with this macroalgal species, their ecological role and their interactions with the alga are under-rep  ...[more]

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