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Diversity and Dynamics of Seaweed Associated Microbial Communities Inhabiting the Lagoon of Venice.

ABSTRACT: Seaweeds are a group of essential photosynthetic organisms that harbor a rich diversity of associated microbial communities with substantial functions related to host health and defense. Environmental and anthropogenic stressors may disrupt the microbial communities and their metabolic activity, leading to host physiological alterations that negatively affect seaweeds' performance and survival. Here, the bacterial communities associated with one of the most common seaweed, Ulva laetevirens Areshough, were sampled over a year at three sites of the lagoon of Venice affected by different environmental and anthropogenic stressors. Bacterial communities were characterized through Illumina sequencing of the V4 hypervariable region of 16S rRNA genes. The study demonstrated that the seaweed associated bacterial communities at sites impacted by environmental stressors were host-specific and differed significantly from the less affected site. Furthermore, these communities were significantly distinct from those of the surrounding seawater. The bacterial communities' composition was significantly correlated with environmental parameters (nutrient concentrations, dissolved oxygen saturation, and pH) across sites. This study showed that several more abundant bacteria on U. laetevirens at stressed sites belonged to taxa related to the host response to the stressors. Overall, environmental parameters and anthropogenic stressors were shown to substantially affect seaweed associated bacterial communities, which reflect the host response to environmental variations.

SUBMITTER: Juhmani AS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7693704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diversity and Dynamics of Seaweed Associated Microbial Communities Inhabiting the Lagoon of Venice.

Juhmani Abdul-Salam AS Vezzi Alessandro A Wahsha Mohammad M Buosi Alessandro A Pascale Fabio De F Schiavon Riccardo R Sfriso Adriano A

Microorganisms 20201026 11

Seaweeds are a group of essential photosynthetic organisms that harbor a rich diversity of associated microbial communities with substantial functions related to host health and defense. Environmental and anthropogenic stressors may disrupt the microbial communities and their metabolic activity, leading to host physiological alterations that negatively affect seaweeds' performance and survival. Here, the bacterial communities associated with one of the most common seaweed, <i>Ulva laetevirens</i ...[more]

PMID: 33114532

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Diversity and Dynamics of Seaweed Associated Microbial Communities Inhabiting the Lagoon of Venice.

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