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Lafuente E, Lürig MD, Rövekamp M, Matthews B, Buser C, Vorburger C, Räsänen K. Building on 150 Years of Knowledge: The Freshwater Isopod Asellus aquaticus as an Integrative Eco-Evolutionary Model System. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.748212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Interactions between organisms and their environments are central to how biological diversity arises and how natural populations and ecosystems respond to environmental change. These interactions involve processes by which phenotypes are affected by or respond to external conditions (e.g., via phenotypic plasticity or natural selection) as well as processes by which organisms reciprocally interact with the environment (e.g., via eco-evolutionary feedbacks). Organism-environment interactions can be highly dynamic and operate on different hierarchical levels, from genes and phenotypes to populations, communities, and ecosystems. Therefore, the study of organism-environment interactions requires integrative approaches and model systems that are suitable for studies across different hierarchical levels. Here, we introduce the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus, a keystone species and an emerging invertebrate model system, as a prime candidate to address fundamental questions in ecology and evolution, and the interfaces therein. We review relevant fields of research that have used A. aquaticus and draft a set of specific scientific questions that can be answered using this species. Specifically, we propose that studies on A. aquaticus can help understanding (i) the influence of host-microbiome interactions on organismal and ecosystem function, (ii) the relevance of biotic interactions in ecosystem processes, and (iii) how ecological conditions and evolutionary forces facilitate phenotypic diversification.
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Delhoumi M, Catania V, Zaabar W, Tolone M, Quatrini P, Achouri MS. The gut microbiota structure of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus (Isopoda: Oniscidea). EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2020.1781269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- M. Delhoumi
- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Laboratory of Diversity, Management and Conservation of Biological Systems, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Laboratory of Diversity, Management and Conservation of Biological Systems, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Laboratory of Diversity, Management and Conservation of Biological Systems, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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Bredon M, Herran B, Bertaux J, Grève P, Moumen B, Bouchon D. Isopod holobionts as promising models for lignocellulose degradation. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:49. [PMID: 32190114 PMCID: PMC7071664 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01683-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Isopods have colonized all environments, partly thanks to their ability to decompose the organic matter. Their enzymatic repertoire, as well as the one of their associated microbiota, has contributed to their colonization success. Together, these holobionts have evolved several interesting life history traits to degrade the plant cell walls, mainly composed of lignocellulose. It has been shown that terrestrial isopods achieve lignocellulose degradation thanks to numerous and diverse CAZymes provided by both the host and its microbiota. Nevertheless, the strategies for lignocellulose degradation seem more diversified in isopods, in particular in aquatic species which are the least studied. Isopods could be an interesting source of valuable enzymes for biotechnological industries of biomass conversion. RESULTS To provide new features on the lignocellulose degradation in isopod holobionts, shotgun sequencing of 36 metagenomes of digestive and non-digestive tissues was performed from several populations of four aquatic and terrestrial isopod species. Combined to the 15 metagenomes of an additional species from our previous study, as well as the host transcriptomes, this large dataset allowed us to identify the CAZymes in both the host and the associated microbial communities. Analyses revealed the dominance of Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria in the five species, covering 36% and 56% of the total bacterial community, respectively. The identification of CAZymes and new enzymatic systems for lignocellulose degradation, such as PULs, cellulosomes and LPMOs, highlights the richness of the strategies used by the isopods and their associated microbiota. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, our results show that the isopod holobionts are promising models to study lignocellulose degradation. These models can provide new enzymes and relevant lignocellulose-degrading bacteria strains for the biotechnological industries of biomass conversion.
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- Marius Bredon
- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions-Bâtiment B8-B35, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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Two marine and one terrestrial wood-boring isopod species and one wood-inhabiting amphipod species maintain a digestive tract free of microorganisms. Digestive tracts examined in toto with the scanning electron microscope were devoid of microorganisms. In contrast, the outer exoskeleton surfaces of these crustaceans support a dense bacterialflora. Observations of the hindgut of termites revealed a diverse gut microflora as expected.
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Sochard MR, Wilson DF, Austin B, Colwell RR. Bacteria associated with the surface and gut of marine copepods. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 37:750-9. [PMID: 16345368 PMCID: PMC243292 DOI: 10.1128/aem.37.4.750-759.1979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Little is known about the nature of bacteria associated with the surface and gut of marine copepods, either in laboratory-reared animals or in the natural environment. Nor is it known whether such animals possess a gut flora. The present report deals with studies of microorganisms isolated from healthy, laboratory-reared copepods of the species Acartia tonsa Dana, from several species of wild copepods collected from a marine or estuarine environment, and from laboratory dishes containing moribund copepods. Evidence for a unique gut flora in laboratory-reared animals is presented; the predominant bacteria were represented by the genus Vibrio. Other organisms such as Pseudomonas and Cytophaga were found less abundantly associated with the copepods and not specifically associated with the gut.
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- M R Sochard
- Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Zimmer M. Nutrition in terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea): an evolutionary-ecological approach. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2002; 77:455-93. [PMID: 12475050 DOI: 10.1017/s1464793102005912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The nutritional morphology, physiology and ecology of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) is significant in two respects. (1) Most oniscid isopods are truly terrestrial in terms of being totally independent of the aquatic environment. Thus, they have evolved adaptations to terrestrial food sources. (2) In many terrestrial ecosystems, isopods play an important role in decomposition processes through mechanical and chemical breakdown of plant litter and by enhancing microbial activity. While the latter aspect of nutrition is discussed only briefly in this review, I focus on the evolutionary ecology of feeding in terrestrial isopods. Due to their possessing chewing mouthparts, leaf litter is comminuted prior to being ingested, facilitating both enzymatic degradation during gut passage and microbial colonization of egested faeces. Digestion of food through endogenous enzymes produced in the caeca of the midgut glands (hepatopancreas) and through microbial enzymes, either ingested along with microbially colonized food or secreted by microbial endosymbionts, mainly takes place in the anterior part of the hindgut. Digestive processes include the activity of carbohydrases, proteases, dehydrogenases, esterases, lipases, arylamidases and oxidases, as well as the nutritional utilization of microbial cells. Absorption of nutrients is brought about by the hepatopancreas and/or the hindgut epithelium, the latter being also involved in osmoregulation and water balance. Minerals and metal cations are effectively extracted from the food, while overall assimilation efficiencies may be low. Heavy metals are stored in special organelles of the hepatopancreatic tissue. Nitrogenous waste products are excreted via ammonia in its gaseous form, with only little egested along with the faeces. Nonetheless, faeces are characterized by high nitrogen content and provide a favourable substrate for microbial colonization and growth. The presence of a dense microbial population on faecal material is one reason for the coprophagous behaviour of terrestrial isopods. For the same reason, terrestrial isopods prefer feeding on decaying rather than fresh leaf litter, the former also being more palatable and easier to digest. Acceptable food sources are detected through distance and contact chemoreceptors. The 'quality' of the food source determines individual growth, fecundity and mortality, and thus maintenance at the population level. Due to their physiological adaptations to feeding on and digesting leaf litter, terrestrial isopods contribute strongly to nutrient recycling during decomposition processes. Yet, many of these adaptations are still not well understood.
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- Martin Zimmer
- Zoologisches Institut: Limnologie, Biologiezentrum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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Bacteria associated with the marine wood-boring isopod
Limnoria lignorum
were enumerated by acridine orange epifluorescence microscopy and by plate counts on several media; the plate-viable bacteria were isolated and identified. Similar procedures were followed to enumerate and identify bacteria associated with the wood substrate from which the isopods were collected and with the surrounding water from the isopod habitat. Approximately 1.4 × 10
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L. lignorum. Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas
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were the most common genera in the isopod microflora. Wood from
L. lignorum
burrows had an associated bacterial flora of 1.6 × 10
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cells per mg (damp weight).
A. hydrophila
also predominated in the wood microflora. The water from which the isopod population was collected contained 2.3 × 10
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bacteria per ml.
Pseudomonas
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Vibrio
species were very common in the water microflora, but
A. hydrophila
was not detected. Interactions between the isopod, its associated microorganisms, and the microorganisms within the wood substrate are discussed in the light of the known absence of a resident digestive tract microflora in these animals.
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- P J Boyle
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Gut-associated microflora of Limnoria tripunctata in marine creosote-treated wood pilings. Nature 1979. [DOI: 10.1038/282716a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Telford M. Comparative carbohydrates activities of some crustagen tissue and whole animal homogenates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1970. [DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(70)90054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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KOOIMAN P. The occurrence of carbohydrases in digestive juice and in hepatopancreas ofAstacus fluviatilis fabr. and ofHomarus vulgaris M.-E. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1964; 63:197-201. [PMID: 14151087 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1030630209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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GALLI DR, GIESE AC. Carbohydrate digestion in a herbivorous snail, Tegula funebralis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1959; 140:415-40. [PMID: 13826123 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401400305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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