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Sunagawa S, Coelho LP, Chaffron S, Kultima JR, Labadie K, Salazar G, Djahanschiri B, Zeller G, Mende DR, Alberti A, Cornejo-Castillo FM, Costea PI, Cruaud C, d'Ovidio F, Engelen S, Ferrera I, Gasol JM, Guidi L, Hildebrand F, Kokoszka F, Lepoivre C, Lima-Mendez G, Poulain J, Poulos BT, Royo-Llonch M, Sarmento H, Vieira-Silva S, Dimier C, Picheral M, Searson S, Kandels-Lewis S, Bowler C, de Vargas C, Gorsky G, Grimsley N, Hingamp P, Iudicone D, Jaillon O, Not F, Ogata H, Pesant S, Speich S, Stemmann L, Sullivan MB, Weissenbach J, Wincker P, Karsenti E, Raes J, Acinas SG, Bork P. Ocean plankton. Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome. Science 2015; 348:1261359. [PMID: 25999513 DOI: 10.1126/science.1261359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1436] [Impact Index Per Article: 159.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Microbes are dominant drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet drawing a global picture of functional diversity, microbial community structure, and their ecological determinants remains a grand challenge. We analyzed 7.2 terabases of metagenomic data from 243 Tara Oceans samples from 68 locations in epipelagic and mesopelagic waters across the globe to generate an ocean microbial reference gene catalog with >40 million nonredundant, mostly novel sequences from viruses, prokaryotes, and picoeukaryotes. Using 139 prokaryote-enriched samples, containing >35,000 species, we show vertical stratification with epipelagic community composition mostly driven by temperature rather than other environmental factors or geography. We identify ocean microbial core functionality and reveal that >73% of its abundance is shared with the human gut microbiome despite the physicochemical differences between these two ecosystems.
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- Shinichi Sunagawa
- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Université Paris 06, CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN Laboratory, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris France
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain
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- CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS), and Inserm U1024, and CNRS UMR 8197, F-75005 Paris, France. Laboratoire de Physique des Océans UBO-IUEM, Place Copernic 29820 Plouzané, France
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- Aix Marseille Université CNRS IGS UMR 7256, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1007 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain. Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luiz, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS), and Inserm U1024, and CNRS UMR 8197, F-75005 Paris, France. CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Directors' Research, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS), and Inserm U1024, and CNRS UMR 8197, F-75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- CNRS UMR 7232, BIOM, Avenue du Fontaulé, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Sorbonne Universités Paris 06, OOB UPMC, Avenue du Fontaulé, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Aix Marseille Université CNRS IGS UMR 7256, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France. CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France. Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-001, Japan
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- PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Geosciences, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Laboratoire de Physique des Océans UBO-IUEM, Place Copernic, 29820 Plouzané, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire Océanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1007 East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France. CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France. Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- CEA-Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France. CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France. Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS), and Inserm U1024, and CNRS UMR 8197, F-75005 Paris, France. Directors' Research, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona E08003, Spain.
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- Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine, 13092 Berlin, Germany.
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Wang Y, Yang J, Liu L, Yu Z. Quantifying the effects of geographical and environmental factors on distribution of stream bacterioplankton within nature reserves of Fujian, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:11010-11021. [PMID: 25787217 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4308-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Bacterioplankton are important components of freshwater ecosystems and play essential roles in ecological functions and processes; however, little is known about their geographical distribution and the factors influencing their ecology, especially in stream ecosystems. To examine how geographical and environmental factors affect the composition of bacterioplankton communities, we used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and clone sequencing to survey bacterioplankton communities in 31 samples of streamwater from seven nature reserves in Fujian province, southeast China. Our results revealed that dominant bacterioplankton communities exhibited a distinct geographical pattern. Further, we provided evidence for distance decay relationships in bacterioplankton community similarity and found similar community gradients in response to elevation and latitude. Both redundancy analyses and Mantel tests showed that bacterioplankton community composition was significantly correlated with both environmental (electrical conductivity, total phosphorus, and PO4-P) and geographical factors (latitude, longitude, and elevation). Variance partitioning further showed that the joint effect of geographical and environmental factors explained the largest proportion of the variation in distribution of bacterioplankton communities (13.6 %), followed by purely geographical factors (11.2 %), and purely environmental factors (0.6 %). The Betaproteobacteria were the most common taxa in the streams, followed by Firmicutes and Gammaproteobacteria. Therefore, our results suggest that the biogeographical patterns of stream bacterioplankton communities across the Fujian nature reserves are more influenced by geographical factors than by local physicochemical properties.
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- Yongming Wang
- Aquatic EcoHealth Group, Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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Suh SS, Park M, Hwang J, Kil EJ, Jung SW, Lee S, Lee TK. Seasonal Dynamics of Marine Microbial Community in the South Sea of Korea. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131633. [PMID: 26121668 PMCID: PMC4487691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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High-resolution 16S rRNA tag pyrosequencing was used to obtain seasonal snapshots of the bacterial diversity and community structure at two locations in Gosung Bay (South Sea, Korea) over a one year period. Seasonal sampling from the water column at each site revealed highly diverse bacterial communities containing up to 900 estimated Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). The Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria were the most abundant groups, and the most frequently recorded OTUs were members of Pelagibacter and Glaciecola. In particular, it was observed that Arcobacter, a genus of the Epsilonproteobacteria, dominated during summer. In addition, Psedoalteromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and SAR11-1 were predominant members of the OTUs found in all sampling seasons. Environmental factors significantly influenced the bacterial community structure among season, with the phosphate and nitrate concentrations contributing strongly to the spatial distribution of the Alphaproteobacteria; the Gammaproteobacteria, Flavobacteria, and Actinobacteria all showed marked negative correlations with all measured nutrients, particularly silicon dioxide and chlorophyll-a. The results suggest that seasonal changes in environmental variables contribute to the dynamic structure of the bacterial community in the study area.
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- Sung-Suk Suh
- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656–830, Republic of Korea
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- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656–830, Republic of Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305–350, Republic of Korea
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- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656–830, Republic of Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305–350, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440–746, Republic of Korea
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- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656–830, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440–746, Republic of Korea
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- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656–830, Republic of Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305–350, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail:
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Wang K, Ye X, Chen H, Zhao Q, Hu C, He J, Qian Y, Xiong J, Zhu J, Zhang D. Bacterial biogeography in the coastal waters of northern Zhejiang, East China Sea is highly controlled by spatially structured environmental gradients. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:3898-913. [PMID: 25912020 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The underlying mechanisms of microbial community assembly in connective coastal environments are unclear. The coastal water area of northern Zhejiang, East China Sea, is a complex marine ecosystem with multiple environmental gradients, where the distributions and determinants of bacterioplankton communities remain unclear. We collected surface water samples from 95 sites across eight zones in this area for investigating bacterial community with 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing. Bacterial alpha-diversity exhibits strong associations with water chemical parameters and latitude, with 75.5% of variation explained by suspended particle. The composition of dominant phyla can group the sampling sites into four bacterial provinces, and most key discriminant phyla and families/genera of each province strongly associate with specific environmental features, suggesting that local environmental conditions shape the biogeographic provincialism of bacterial taxa. At a broader and finer phylogenetic scale, bacterial beta-diversity is dominantly explained by the shared variation of environmental and spatial factors (63.3%); meanwhile, the environmental determinants of bacterial β-diversity generally exhibit spatially structured patterns, suggesting that bacterial assembly in surface water is highly controlled by spatially structured environmental gradients in this area. This study provides evidence for the unique biogeographic pattern of bacterioplankton communities at an entire scale of this marine ecosystem.
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- Kai Wang
- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Zhejiang Marine High-efficiency and Healthy Aquaculture, China
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- Marine Environmental Monitoring Center of Ningbo, SOA, Ningbo, 315012, China
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- Faculty of Architectural, Civil Engineering and Environment, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Zhejiang Marine High-efficiency and Healthy Aquaculture, China
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- Faculty of Architectural, Civil Engineering and Environment, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Zhejiang Marine High-efficiency and Healthy Aquaculture, China
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Zeglin LH. Stream microbial diversity in response to environmental changes: review and synthesis of existing research. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:454. [PMID: 26042102 PMCID: PMC4435045 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The importance of microbial activity to ecosystem function in aquatic ecosystems is well established, but microbial diversity has been less frequently addressed. This review and synthesis of 100s of published studies on stream microbial diversity shows that factors known to drive ecosystem processes, such as nutrient availability, hydrology, metal contamination, contrasting land-use and temperature, also cause heterogeneity in bacterial diversity. Temporal heterogeneity in stream bacterial diversity was frequently observed, reflecting the dynamic nature of both stream ecosystems and microbial community composition. However, within-stream spatial differences in stream bacterial diversity were more commonly observed, driven specifically by different organic matter (OM) compartments. Bacterial phyla showed similar patterns in relative abundance with regard to compartment type across different streams. For example, surface water contained the highest relative abundance of Actinobacteria, while epilithon contained the highest relative abundance of Cyanobacteria and Bacteroidetes. This suggests that contrasting physical and/or nutritional habitats characterized by different stream OM compartment types may select for certain bacterial lineages. When comparing the prevalence of physicochemical effects on stream bacterial diversity, effects of changing metal concentrations were most, while effects of differences in nutrient concentrations were least frequently observed. This may indicate that although changing nutrient concentrations do tend to affect microbial diversity, other environmental factors are more likely to alter stream microbial diversity and function. The common observation of connections between ecosystem process drivers and microbial diversity suggests that microbial taxonomic turnover could mediate ecosystem-scale responses to changing environmental conditions, including both microbial habitat distribution and physicochemical factors.
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- Lydia H Zeglin
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University Manhattan, KS, USA
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Laas P, Simm J, Lips I, Lips U, Kisand V, Metsis M. Redox-specialized bacterioplankton metacommunity in a temperate estuary. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122304. [PMID: 25860812 PMCID: PMC4393233 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study explored the spatiotemporal dynamics of the bacterioplankton community composition in the Gulf of Finland (easternmost sub-basin of the Baltic Sea) based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences acquired from community samples via pyrosequencing. Investigations of bacterioplankton in hydrographically complex systems provide good insight into the strategies by which microbes deal with spatiotemporal hydrographic gradients, as demonstrated by our research. Many ribotypes were closely affiliated with sequences isolated from environments with similar steep physiochemical gradients and/or seasonal changes, including seasonally anoxic estuaries. Hence, one of the main conclusions of this study is that marine ecosystems where oxygen and salinity gradients co-occur can be considered a habitat for a cosmopolitan metacommunity consisting of specialized groups occupying niches universal to such environments throughout the world. These niches revolve around functional capabilities to utilize different electron receptors and donors (including trace metal and single carbon compounds). On the other hand, temporal shifts in the bacterioplankton community composition at the surface layer were mainly connected to the seasonal succession of phytoplankton and the inflow of freshwater species. We also conclude that many relatively abundant populations are indigenous and well-established in the area.
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- Peeter Laas
- Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing, and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- iMinds Medical IT, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology at University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
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El-Swais H, Dunn KA, Bielawski JP, Li WKW, Walsh DA. Seasonal assemblages and short-lived blooms in coastal north-west Atlantic Ocean bacterioplankton. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:3642-61. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Heba El-Swais
- Department of Biology; Concordia University; 7141 Sherbrooke St West Montreal QC H4B 1R6 Canada
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- Department of Biology; Dalhousie University; 1355 Oxford St Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
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- Department of Biology; Dalhousie University; 1355 Oxford St Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
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- Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Bedford Institute of Oceanography; Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2 Canada
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- Department of Biology; Concordia University; 7141 Sherbrooke St West Montreal QC H4B 1R6 Canada
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Lindh MV, Sjöstedt J, Andersson AF, Baltar F, Hugerth LW, Lundin D, Muthusamy S, Legrand C, Pinhassi J. Disentangling seasonal bacterioplankton population dynamics by high-frequency sampling. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:2459-76. [PMID: 25403576 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Multiyear comparisons of bacterioplankton succession reveal that environmental conditions drive community shifts with repeatable patterns between years. However, corresponding insight into bacterioplankton dynamics at a temporal resolution relevant for detailed examination of variation and characteristics of specific populations within years is essentially lacking. During 1 year, we collected 46 samples in the Baltic Sea for assessing bacterial community composition by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing (nearly twice weekly during productive season). Beta-diversity analysis showed distinct clustering of samples, attributable to seemingly synchronous temporal transitions among populations (populations defined by 97% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity). A wide spectrum of bacterioplankton dynamics was evident, where divergent temporal patterns resulted both from pronounced differences in relative abundance and presence/absence of populations. Rates of change in relative abundance calculated for individual populations ranged from 0.23 to 1.79 day(-1) . Populations that were persistently dominant, transiently abundant or generally rare were found in several major bacterial groups, implying evolution has favoured a similar variety of life strategies within these groups. These findings suggest that high temporal resolution sampling allows constraining the timescales and frequencies at which distinct populations transition between being abundant or rare, thus potentially providing clues about physical, chemical or biological forcing on bacterioplankton community structure.
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- Markus V Lindh
- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden.,Department of Marine Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, NZ-9054, New Zealand
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems - EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SE-39182, Sweden
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Havel JE, Kovalenko KE, Thomaz SM, Amalfitano S, Kats LB. Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future. HYDROBIOLOGIA 2015; 750:147-170. [PMID: 32214452 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems seem at particular risk from invasive species because of threats to biodiversity and human needs for water resources. Here, we review some known aspects of aquatic invasive species (AIS) and explore several new questions. We describe impacts of AIS, factors limiting their dispersal, and the role that humans play in transporting AIS. We also review the characteristics of species that should be the greatest threat for future invasions, including those that pave the way for invasions by other species ("invasional meltdown"). Susceptible aquatic communities, such as reservoirs, may serve as stepping stones for invasions of new landscapes. Some microbes disperse long distance, infect new hosts and grow in the external aquatic medium, a process that has consequences for human health. We also discuss the interaction between species invasions and other human impacts (climate change, landscape conversion), as well as the possible connection of invasions with regime shifts in lakes. Since many invaders become permanent features of the environment, we discuss how humans live with invasive species, and conclude with questions for future research.
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- John E Havel
- 1Department of Biology, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897 USA
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- 2Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55812 USA
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- 3State University of Maringá, Nupélia/DBI/PEA, Colombo Avenue 5790, Maringá, PR 87020-900 Brazil
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- 4Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome Italy
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- 5Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263 USA
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Havel JE, Kovalenko KE, Thomaz SM, Amalfitano S, Kats LB. Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future. HYDROBIOLOGIA 2015; 750:147-170. [PMID: 32214452 PMCID: PMC7087615 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems seem at particular risk from invasive species because of threats to biodiversity and human needs for water resources. Here, we review some known aspects of aquatic invasive species (AIS) and explore several new questions. We describe impacts of AIS, factors limiting their dispersal, and the role that humans play in transporting AIS. We also review the characteristics of species that should be the greatest threat for future invasions, including those that pave the way for invasions by other species ("invasional meltdown"). Susceptible aquatic communities, such as reservoirs, may serve as stepping stones for invasions of new landscapes. Some microbes disperse long distance, infect new hosts and grow in the external aquatic medium, a process that has consequences for human health. We also discuss the interaction between species invasions and other human impacts (climate change, landscape conversion), as well as the possible connection of invasions with regime shifts in lakes. Since many invaders become permanent features of the environment, we discuss how humans live with invasive species, and conclude with questions for future research.
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- John E. Havel
- Department of Biology, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897 USA
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- Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55812 USA
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- State University of Maringá, Nupélia/DBI/PEA, Colombo Avenue 5790, Maringá, PR 87020-900 Brazil
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- Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome Italy
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- Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263 USA
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Gustavsen JA, Winget DM, Tian X, Suttle CA. High temporal and spatial diversity in marine RNA viruses implies that they have an important role in mortality and structuring plankton communities. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:703. [PMID: 25566218 PMCID: PMC4266044 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Viruses in the order Picornavirales infect eukaryotes, and are widely distributed in coastal waters. Amplicon deep-sequencing of the RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) revealed diverse and highly uneven communities of picorna-like viruses in the coastal waters of British Columbia (BC), Canada. Almost 300 000 pyrosequence reads revealed 145 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on 95% sequence similarity at the amino-acid level. Each sample had between 24 and 71 OTUs and there was little overlap among samples. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that some clades of OTUs were only found at one site; whereas, other clades included OTUs from all sites. Since most of these OTUs are likely from viruses that infect eukaryotic phytoplankton, and viral isolates infecting phytoplankton are strain-specific; each OTU probably arose from the lysis of a specific phytoplankton taxon. Moreover, the patchiness in OTU distribution, and the high turnover of viruses in the mixed layer, implies continuous infection and lysis by RNA viruses of a diverse array of eukaryotic phytoplankton taxa. Hence, these viruses are likely important elements structuring the phytoplankton community, and play a significant role in nutrient cycling and energy transfer.
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- Julia A Gustavsen
- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Departments of Botany, and Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Toronto, ON, Canada
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Bik HM. Deciphering diversity and ecological function from marine metagenomes. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2014; 227:107-116. [PMID: 25411370 DOI: 10.1086/bblv227n2p107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Metagenomic sequencing now represents a common, powerful approach for investigating diversity and functional relationships in marine ecosystems. High-throughput datasets generated from random fragments of environmental DNA can provide a less biased view of organismal abundance (versus PCR-based amplicon sequencing) and enable novel exploration of microbial genomes by recovering genome assemblies from uncultured species, identifying ecological functions, and reconstructing metabolic pathways. This review highlights the current state of knowledge in marine metagenomics, focusing on biological insights gained from recent environmental studies and detailing commonly employed methods for data collection and analysis.
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- Holly M Bik
- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616
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Suh SS, Park M, Hwang J, Lee S, Chung Y, Lee TK. Distinct patterns of marine bacterial communities in the South and North Pacific Oceans. J Microbiol 2014; 52:834-41. [PMID: 25269604 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-014-4287-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The study of oceanic microbial communities is crucial for our understanding of the role of microbes in terms of biomass, diversity and ecosystem function. In this study, 16S rRNA gene tag pyrosequencing was used to investigate change in bacterial community structure between summer and winter water masses from Gosung Bay in the South Sea of Korea and Chuuk in Micronesia, located in the North and South Pacific Oceans, respectively. Summer and winter sampling from each water mass revealed highly diverse bacterial communities, containing ~900 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). The microbial distribution and highly heterogeneous composition observed at both sampling sites were different from those of most macroorganisms. The bacterial communities in the seawater at both sites were most abundant in Proteobacteria during the summer in Gosung and in Bacterioidetes during the winter. The proportion of Cyanobacteria was higher in summer than in winter in Chuuk and similar in Gosung. Additionally, the microbial community during summer in Gosung was significantly different from other communities observed based on the unweighted UniFrac distance. These data suggest that in both oceanic areas sampled, the bacterial communities had distinct distribution patterns with spatially- and temporally-heterogeneous distributions.
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- Sung-Suk Suh
- South Sea Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 656-830, Republic of Korea
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Salter I, Galand PE, Fagervold SK, Lebaron P, Obernosterer I, Oliver MJ, Suzuki MT, Tricoire C. Seasonal dynamics of active SAR11 ecotypes in the oligotrophic Northwest Mediterranean Sea. ISME JOURNAL 2014; 9:347-60. [PMID: 25238399 PMCID: PMC4303628 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A seven-year oceanographic time series in NW Mediterranean surface waters was combined with pyrosequencing of ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) and ribosomal RNA gene copies (16S rDNA) to examine the environmental controls on SAR11 ecotype dynamics and potential activity. SAR11 diversity exhibited pronounced seasonal cycles remarkably similar to total bacterial diversity. The timing of diversity maxima was similar across narrow and broad phylogenetic clades and strongly associated with deep winter mixing. Diversity minima were associated with periods of stratification that were low in nutrients and phytoplankton biomass and characterised by intense phosphate limitation (turnover time<5 h). We propose a conceptual framework in which physical mixing of the water column periodically resets SAR11 communities to a high diversity state and the seasonal evolution of phosphate limitation competitively excludes deeper-dwelling ecotypes to promote low diversity states dominated (>80%) by SAR11 Ia. A partial least squares (PLS) regression model was developed that could reliably predict sequence abundances of SAR11 ecotypes (Q(2)=0.70) from measured environmental variables, of which mixed layer depth was quantitatively the most important. Comparison of clade-level SAR11 rRNA:rDNA signals with leucine incorporation enabled us to partially validate the use of these ratios as an in-situ activity measure. However, temporal trends in the activity of SAR11 ecotypes and their relationship to environmental variables were unclear. The strong and predictable temporal patterns observed in SAR11 sequence abundance was not linked to metabolic activity of different ecotypes at the phylogenetic and temporal resolution of our study.
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- Ian Salter
- 1] Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany [2] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [3] CNRS, UMR 7621, LOMIC, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [2] CNRS, UMR 8222, LECOB, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [2] CNRS, UMR 8222, LECOB, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [3] CNRS, USR 3579, LBBM, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [2] CNRS, USR 3579, LBBM, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [2] CNRS, UMR 7621, LOMIC, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, USA
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France [2] CNRS, USR 3579, LBBM, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France
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Seasonal and interannual variability of the marine bacterioplankton community throughout the water column over ten years. ISME JOURNAL 2014; 9:563-80. [PMID: 25203836 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Microbial activities that affect global oceanographic and atmospheric processes happen throughout the water column, yet the long-term ecological dynamics of microbes have been studied largely in the euphotic zone and adjacent seasonally mixed depths. We investigated temporal patterns in the community structure of free-living bacteria, by sampling approximately monthly from 5 m, the deep chlorophyll maximum (∼15-40 m), 150, 500 and 890 m, in San Pedro Channel (maximum depth 900 m, hypoxic below ∼500 m), off the coast of Southern California. Community structure and biodiversity (inverse Simpson index) showed seasonal patterns near the surface and bottom of the water column, but not at intermediate depths. Inverse Simpson's index was highest in the winter in surface waters and in the spring at 890 m, and varied interannually at all depths. Biodiversity appeared to be driven partially by exchange of microbes between depths and was highest when communities were changing slowly over time. Meanwhile, communities from the surface through 500 m varied interannually. After accounting for seasonality, several environmental parameters co-varied with community structure at the surface and 890 m, but not at the intermediate depths. Abundant and seasonally variable groups included, at 890 m, Nitrospina, Flavobacteria and Marine Group A. Seasonality at 890 m is likely driven by variability in sinking particles, which originate in surface waters, pass transiently through the middle water column and accumulate on the seafloor where they alter the chemical environment. Seasonal subeuphotic groups are likely those whose ecology is strongly influenced by these particles. This surface-to-bottom, decade-long, study identifies seasonality and interannual variability not only of overall community structure, but also of numerous taxonomic groups and near-species level operational taxonomic units.
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Larsen PE, Scott N, Post AF, Field D, Knight R, Hamada Y, Gilbert JA. Satellite remote sensing data can be used to model marine microbial metabolite turnover. ISME JOURNAL 2014; 9:166-79. [PMID: 25072414 PMCID: PMC4274419 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Revised: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sampling ecosystems, even at a local scale, at the temporal and spatial resolution necessary to capture natural variability in microbial communities are prohibitively expensive. We extrapolated marine surface microbial community structure and metabolic potential from 72 16S rRNA amplicon and 8 metagenomic observations using remotely sensed environmental parameters to create a system-scale model of marine microbial metabolism for 5904 grid cells (49 km(2)) in the Western English Chanel, across 3 years of weekly averages. Thirteen environmental variables predicted the relative abundance of 24 bacterial Orders and 1715 unique enzyme-encoding genes that encode turnover of 2893 metabolites. The genes' predicted relative abundance was highly correlated (Pearson Correlation 0.72, P-value <10(-6)) with their observed relative abundance in sequenced metagenomes. Predictions of the relative turnover (synthesis or consumption) of CO2 were significantly correlated with observed surface CO2 fugacity. The spatial and temporal variation in the predicted relative abundances of genes coding for cyanase, carbon monoxide and malate dehydrogenase were investigated along with the predicted inter-annual variation in relative consumption or production of ∼3000 metabolites forming six significant temporal clusters. These spatiotemporal distributions could possibly be explained by the co-occurrence of anaerobic and aerobic metabolisms associated with localized plankton blooms or sediment resuspension, which facilitate the presence of anaerobic micro-niches. This predictive model provides a general framework for focusing future sampling and experimental design to relate biogeochemical turnover to microbial ecology.
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- Peter E Larsen
- Argonne National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Argonne, IL, USA
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- 1] Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA [2] Argonne National Laboratory, Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne, IL, USA
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Modeling ecological drivers in marine viral communities using comparative metagenomics and network analyses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:10714-9. [PMID: 25002514 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319778111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Long-standing questions in marine viral ecology are centered on understanding how viral assemblages change along gradients in space and time. However, investigating these fundamental ecological questions has been challenging due to incomplete representation of naturally occurring viral diversity in single gene- or morphology-based studies and an inability to identify up to 90% of reads in viral metagenomes (viromes). Although protein clustering techniques provide a significant advance by helping organize this unknown metagenomic sequence space, they typically use only ∼75% of the data and rely on assembly methods not yet tuned for naturally occurring sequence variation. Here, we introduce an annotation- and assembly-free strategy for comparative metagenomics that combines shared k-mer and social network analyses (regression modeling). This robust statistical framework enables visualization of complex sample networks and determination of ecological factors driving community structure. Application to 32 viromes from the Pacific Ocean Virome dataset identified clusters of samples broadly delineated by photic zone and revealed that geographic region, depth, and proximity to shore were significant predictors of community structure. Within subsets of this dataset, depth, season, and oxygen concentration were significant drivers of viral community structure at a single open ocean station, whereas variability along onshore-offshore transects was driven by oxygen concentration in an area with an oxygen minimum zone and not depth or proximity to shore, as might be expected. Together these results demonstrate that this highly scalable approach using complete metagenomic network-based comparisons can both test and generate hypotheses for ecological investigation of viral and microbial communities in nature.
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Barberán A, Casamayor EO, Fierer N. The microbial contribution to macroecology. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:203. [PMID: 24829564 PMCID: PMC4017162 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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There has been a recent explosion of research within the field of microbial ecology that has been fueled, in part, by methodological improvements that make it feasible to characterize microbial communities to an extent that was inconceivable only a few years ago. Furthermore, there is increasing recognition within the field of ecology that microorganisms play a critical role in the health of organisms and ecosystems. Despite these developments, an important gap still persists between the theoretical framework of macroecology and microbial ecology. We highlight two idiosyncrasies of microorganisms that are fundamental to understanding macroecological patterns and their mechanistic drivers. First, high dispersal rates provide novel opportunities to test the relative importance of niche, stochastic, and historical processes in structuring biological communities. Second, high speciation rates potentially lead to the convergence of ecological and evolutionary time scales. After reviewing these unique aspects, we discuss strategies for improving the conceptual integration of microbes into macroecology. As examples, we discuss the use of phylogenetic ecology as an integrative approach to explore patterns across the tree of life. Then we demonstrate how two general theories of biodiversity (i.e., the recently developed theory of stochastic geometry and the neutral theory) can be adapted to microorganisms. We demonstrate how conceptual models that integrate evolutionary and ecological mechanisms can contribute to the unification of microbial ecology and macroecology.
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- Albert Barberán
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of ColoradoBoulder, CO, USA
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- Biogeodynamics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Continental Ecology, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes – Spanish Council for Research (CSIC)Blanes, Spain
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of ColoradoBoulder, CO, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of ColoradoBoulder, CO, USA
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Brown MV, Ostrowski M, Grzymski JJ, Lauro FM. A trait based perspective on the biogeography of common and abundant marine bacterioplankton clades. Mar Genomics 2014; 15:17-28. [PMID: 24662471 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Revised: 03/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Marine microbial communities provide much of the energy upon which all higher trophic levels depend, particularly in open-ocean and oligotrophic systems, and play a pivotal role in biogeochemical cycling. How and why species are distributed in the global oceans, and whether net ecosystem function can be accurately predicted from community composition are fundamental questions for marine scientists. Many of the most abundant clades of marine bacteria, including the Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, SAR11, SAR86 and Roseobacter, have a very broad, if not a cosmopolitan distribution. However this is not reflected in an underlying genetic identity. Rather, widespread distribution in these organisms is achieved by the existence of closely related but discrete ecotypes that display niche adaptations. Closely related ecotypes display specific nutritional or energy generating mechanisms and are adapted to different physical parameters including temperature, salinity, and hydrostatic pressure. Furthermore, biotic phenomena such as selective grazing and viral loss contribute to the success or failure of ecotypes allowing some to compete effectively in particular marine provinces but not in others. An additional layer of complexity is added by ocean currents and hydrodynamic specificity of water body masses that bound microbial dispersal and immigration. These vary in space and time with respect to intensity and direction, making the definition of large biogeographic provinces problematic. A deterministic theory aimed at understanding how all these factors shape microbial life in the oceans can only proceed through analysis of microbial traits, rather than pure phylogenetic assessments. Trait based approaches seek mechanistic explanations for the observed temporal and spatial patterns. This review will present successful recent advances in phylogenetic and trait based biogeographic analyses in some of the most abundant marine taxa.
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- Mark V Brown
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Evolution and Ecology Research Center, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Fierer N, Ladau J, Clemente JC, Leff JW, Owens SM, Pollard KS, Knight R, Gilbert JA, McCulley RL. Reconstructing the microbial diversity and function of pre-agricultural tallgrass prairie soils in the United States. Science 2013; 342:621-4. [PMID: 24179225 DOI: 10.1126/science.1243768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Native tallgrass prairie once dominated much of the midwestern United States, but this biome and the soil microbial diversity that once sustained this highly productive system have been almost completely eradicated by decades of agricultural practices. We reconstructed the soil microbial diversity that once existed in this biome by analyzing relict prairie soils and found that the biogeographical patterns were largely driven by changes in the relative abundance of Verrucomicrobia, a poorly studied bacterial phylum that appears to dominate many prairie soils. Shotgun metagenomic data suggested that these spatial patterns were associated with strong shifts in carbon dynamics. We show that metagenomic approaches can be used to reconstruct below-ground biogeochemical and diversity gradients in endangered ecosystems; such information could be used to improve restoration efforts, given that even small changes in below-ground microbial diversity can have important impacts on ecosystem processes.
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- Noah Fierer
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Ortmann AC, Ortell N. Changes in free-living bacterial community diversity reflect the magnitude of environmental variability. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013; 87:291-301. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Alice. C. Ortmann
- Department of Marine Sciences; University of South Alabama; Mobile AL USA
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island AL USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences; University of South Alabama; Mobile AL USA
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island AL USA
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Lineage specific gene family enrichment at the microscale in marine systems. Curr Opin Microbiol 2013; 16:605-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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