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Morard R, Darling KF, Weiner AKM, Hassenrück C, Vanni C, Cordier T, Henry N, Greco M, Vollmar NM, Milivojevic T, Rahman SN, Siccha M, Meilland J, Jonkers L, Quillévéré F, Escarguel G, Douady CJ, de Garidel-Thoron T, de Vargas C, Kucera M. The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2024; 99:1218-1241. [PMID: 38351434 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
Abstract
The nature and extent of diversity in the plankton has fascinated scientists for over a century. Initially, the discovery of many new species in the remarkably uniform and unstructured pelagic environment appeared to challenge the concept of ecological niches. Later, it became obvious that only a fraction of plankton diversity had been formally described, because plankton assemblages are dominated by understudied eukaryotic lineages with small size that lack clearly distinguishable morphological features. The high diversity of the plankton has been confirmed by comprehensive metabarcoding surveys, but interpretation of the underlying molecular taxonomies is hindered by insufficient integration of genetic diversity with morphological taxonomy and ecological observations. Here we use planktonic foraminifera as a study model and reveal the full extent of their genetic diversity and investigate geographical and ecological patterns in their distribution. To this end, we assembled a global data set of ~7600 ribosomal DNA sequences obtained from morphologically characterised individual foraminifera, established a robust molecular taxonomic framework for the observed diversity, and used it to query a global metabarcoding data set covering ~1700 samples with ~2.48 billion reads. This allowed us to extract and assign 1 million reads, enabling characterisation of the structure of the genetic diversity of the group across ~1100 oceanic stations worldwide. Our sampling revealed the existence of, at most, 94 distinct molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) at a level of divergence indicative of biological species. The genetic diversity only doubles the number of formally described species identified by morphological features. Furthermore, we observed that the allocation of genetic diversity to morphospecies is uneven. Only 16 morphospecies disguise evolutionarily significant genetic diversity, and the proportion of morphospecies that show genetic diversity increases poleward. Finally, we observe that MOTUs have a narrower geographic distribution than morphospecies and that in some cases the MOTUs belonging to the same morphospecies (cryptic species) have different environmental preferences. Overall, our analysis reveals that even in the light of global genetic sampling, planktonic foraminifera diversity is modest and finite. However, the extent and structure of the cryptic diversity reveals that genetic diversification is decoupled from morphological diversification, hinting at different mechanisms acting at different levels of divergence.
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- Raphaël Morard
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK
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- NORCE Climate and Environment, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Jahnebakken 5, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Seestrasse 15, Warnemünde, 18119, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- NORCE Climate and Environment, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Jahnebakken 5, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, 29680, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 3 rue Michel-Ange, Paris, 75016, France
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, 37-49, Spain
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
- NORCE Climate and Environment, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Jahnebakken 5, Bergen, 5007, Norway
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, UMR CNRS 5276 LGL-TPE, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, 29680, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, AD2M, UMR7144, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, 29680, France
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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S Raposo D, A Zufall R, Caruso A, Titelboim D, Abramovich S, Hassenrück C, Kucera M, Morard R. Invasion success of a Lessepsian symbiont-bearing foraminifera linked to high dispersal ability, preadaptation and suppression of sexual reproduction. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12578. [PMID: 37537233 PMCID: PMC10400638 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39652-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Among the most successful Lessepsian invaders is the symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera Amphistegina lobifera. In its newly conquered habitat, this prolific calcifier and ecosystem engineer is exposed to environmental conditions that exceed the range of its native habitat. To disentangle which processes facilitated the invasion success of A. lobifera into the Mediterranean Sea we analyzed a ~ 1400 bp sequence fragment covering the SSU and ITS gene markers to compare the populations from its native regions and along the invasion gradient. The genetic variability was studied at four levels: intra-genomic, population, regional and geographical. We observed that the invasion is not associated with genetic differentiation, but the invasive populations show a distinct suppression of intra-genomic variability among the multiple copies of the rRNA gene. A reduced genetic diversity compared to the Indopacific is observed already in the Red Sea populations and their high dispersal potential into the Mediterranean appears consistent with a bridgehead effect resulting from the postglacial expansion from the Indian Ocean into the Red Sea. We conclude that the genetic structure of the invasive populations reflects two processes: high dispersal ability of the Red Sea source population pre-adapted to Mediterranean conditions and a likely suppression of sexual reproduction in the invader. This discovery provides a new perspective on the cost of invasion in marine protists: The success of the invasive A. lobifera in the Mediterranean Sea comes at the cost of abandonment of sexual reproduction.
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- Débora S Raposo
- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, MARUM, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, USA
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, MARUM, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Rostock, Warnemünde, Germany
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- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, MARUM, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, MARUM, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Greco M, Morard R, Darling K, Kucera M. Macroevolutionary patterns in intragenomic rDNA variability among planktonic foraminifera. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15255. [PMID: 37123000 PMCID: PMC10143585 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Ribosomal intragenomic variability in prokaryotes and eukaryotes is a genomic feature commonly studied for its inflationary impact on molecular diversity assessments. However, the evolutionary mechanisms and distribution of this phenomenon within a microbial group are rarely explored. Here, we investigate the intragenomic variability in 33 species of planktonic foraminifera, calcifying marine protists, by inspecting 2,403 partial SSU sequences obtained from single-cell clone libraries. Our analyses show that polymorphisms are common among planktonic foraminifera species, but the number of polymorphic sites significantly differs among clades. With our molecular simulations, we could assess that most of these mutations are located in paired regions that do not affect the secondary structure of the SSU fragment. Finally, by mapping the number of polymorphic sites on the phylogeny of the clades, we were able to discuss the evolution and potential sources of intragenomic variability in planktonic foraminifera, linking this trait to the distinctive nuclear and genomic dynamics of this microbial group.
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- Mattia Greco
- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Qiao L, Fan S, Ren C, Gui F, Li T, Zhao A, Yan Z. Total and active benthic foraminiferal community and their response to heavy metals revealed by high throughput DNA and RNA sequencing in the Zhejiang coastal waters, East China Sea. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 184:114225. [PMID: 36307953 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Benthic foraminifera, large protists abundant in marine environments, have been widely used as bioindicators of environmental conditions. In this study, high-throughput sequencing based on small subunit rDNA and rRNA amplifications was used to investigate total and active benthic foraminifera community composition and diversity from nineteen and twelve superficial marine sediment samples in the Zhejiang coastal waters, respectively. The results showed that the dominant taxa of total foraminifera changed from Buliminellidae (hyaline) to Saccamminidae (agglutinated) from north to south along the coastal waters of Zhejiang Province. According to our survey, heavy metal contamination was moderate in Zhejiang coastal waters, and the potential ecological risks posed by Cd and Hg were higher. The contamination level of heavy metals at Yueqing Bay was the highest, followed by those at Sanmen Bay and Hangzhou Bay. Cd, Cu and grain size may be key factors affecting the distribution and composition of active foraminiferal communities.
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- Ling Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Zhoushan 316021, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316004, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316004, China.
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Zhoushan 316021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Zhoushan 316021, China; School of Fishery, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316004, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316004, China
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Milivojević T, Rahman SN, Raposo D, Siccha M, Kucera M, Morard R. High variability in SSU rDNA gene copy number among planktonic foraminifera revealed by single-cell qPCR. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 1:63. [PMID: 36750661 PMCID: PMC9723665 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-021-00067-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Metabarcoding has become the workhorse of community ecology. Sequencing a taxonomically informative DNA fragment from environmental samples gives fast access to community composition across taxonomic groups, but it relies on the assumption that the number of sequences for each taxon correlates with its abundance in the sampled community. However, gene copy number varies among and within taxa, and the extent of this variability must therefore be considered when interpreting community composition data derived from environmental sequencing. Here we measured with single-cell qPCR the SSU rDNA gene copy number of 139 specimens of five species of planktonic foraminifera. We found that the average gene copy number varied between of ~4000 to ~50,000 gene copies between species, and individuals of the same species can carry between ~300 to more than 350,000 gene copies. This variability cannot be explained by differences in cell size and considering all plausible sources of bias, we conclude that this variability likely reflects dynamic genomic processes acting during the life cycle. We used the observed variability to model its impact on metabarcoding and found that the application of a correcting factor at species level may correct the derived relative abundances, provided sufficiently large populations have been sampled.
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- Tamara Milivojević
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Pearson PN, Penny L. Coiling directions in the planktonic foraminifer Pulleniatina: A complex eco-evolutionary dynamic spanning millions of years. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0249113. [PMID: 33848285 PMCID: PMC8043407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Planktonic foraminifera are heterotrophic sexually reproducing marine protists with an exceptionally complete fossil record that provides unique insights into long-term patterns and processes of evolution. Populations often exhibit strong biases towards either right (dextral) or left (sinistral) shells. Deep-sea sediment cores spanning millions of years reveal that some species show large and often rapid fluctuations in their dominant coiling direction through time. This is useful for biostratigraphic correlation but further work is required to understand the population dynamical processes that drive these fluctuations. Here we address the case of coiling fluctuations in the planktonic foraminifer genus Pulleniatina based on new high-resolution counts from two recently recovered sediment cores from either side of the Indonesian through-flow in the tropical west Pacific and Indian Oceans (International Ocean Discovery Program Sites U1486 and U1483). We use single-specimen stable isotope analyses to show that dextral and sinistral shells from the same sediment samples can show significant differences in both carbon and oxygen isotopes, implying a degree of ecological separation between populations. In one case we detect a significant difference in size between dextral and sinistral specimens. We suggest that major fluctuations in coiling ratio are caused by cryptic populations replacing one another in competitive sweeps, a mode of evolution that is more often associated with asexual organisms than with the classical 'biological species concept'.
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- Paul N. Pearson
- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Barrenechea Angeles I, Lejzerowicz F, Cordier T, Scheplitz J, Kucera M, Ariztegui D, Pawlowski J, Morard R. Planktonic foraminifera eDNA signature deposited on the seafloor remains preserved after burial in marine sediments. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20351. [PMID: 33230106 PMCID: PMC7684305 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of marine sediments has revealed large amounts of sequences assigned to planktonic taxa. How this planktonic eDNA is delivered on the seafloor and preserved in the sediment is not well understood. We address these questions by comparing metabarcoding and microfossil foraminifera assemblages in sediment cores taken off Newfoundland across a strong ecological gradient. We detected planktonic foraminifera eDNA down to 30 cm and observed that the planktonic/benthic amplicon ratio changed with depth. The relative proportion of planktonic foraminiferal amplicons remained low from the surface down to 10 cm, likely due to the presence of DNA from living benthic foraminifera. Below 10 cm, the relative proportion of planktonic foraminifera amplicons rocketed, likely reflecting the higher proportion of planktonic eDNA in the DNA burial flux. In addition, the microfossil and metabarcoding assemblages showed a congruent pattern indicating that planktonic foraminifera eDNA is deposited without substantial lateral advection and preserves regional biogeographical patterns, indicating deposition by a similar mechanism as the foraminiferal shells. Our study shows that the planktonic eDNA preserved in marine sediments has the potential to record climatic and biotic changes in the pelagic community with the same spatial and temporal resolution as microfossils.
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- Inès Barrenechea Angeles
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Boulevard d'Yvoy 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Boulevard d'Yvoy 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Boulevard d'Yvoy 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712, Sopot, Poland
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Puillandre N, Brouillet S, Achaz G. ASAP: assemble species by automatic partitioning. Mol Ecol Resour 2020; 21:609-620. [PMID: 33058550 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 391] [Impact Index Per Article: 97.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Here, we describe Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), a new method to build species partitions from single locus sequence alignments (i.e., barcode data sets). ASAP is efficient enough to split data sets as large 104 sequences into putative species in several minutes. Although grounded in evolutionary theory, ASAP is the implementation of a hierarchical clustering algorithm that only uses pairwise genetic distances, avoiding the computational burden of phylogenetic reconstruction. Importantly, ASAP proposes species partitions ranked by a new scoring system that uses no biological prior insight of intraspecific diversity. ASAP is a stand-alone program that can be used either through a graphical web-interface or that can be downloaded and compiled for local usage. We have assessed its power along with three others programs (ABGD, PTP and GMYC) on 10 real COI barcode data sets representing various degrees of challenge (from small and easy cases to large and complicated data sets). We also used Monte-Carlo simulations of a multispecies coalescent framework to assess the strengths and weaknesses of ASAP and the other programs. Through these analyses, we demonstrate that ASAP has the potential to become a major tool for taxonomists as it proposes rapidly in a full graphical exploratory interface relevant species hypothesis as a first step of the integrative taxonomy process.
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- Nicolas Puillandre
- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France.,SMILE Group, CIRB, UMR 7241, Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Paris, France.,Éco-anthropologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7206, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Scott GH. Zooplankters in an oligotrophic ocean: contrasts in the niches of Globigerinoides ruber and Trilobatus sacculifer (Foraminifera: Globigerinida) in the South Pacific. ECOSCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2020.1793561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- George H. Scott
- Department of Paleontology, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Davis CV, Livsey CM, Palmer HM, Hull PM, Thomas E, Hill TM, Benitez-Nelson CR. Extensive morphological variability in asexually produced planktic foraminifera. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabb8930. [PMID: 32937545 PMCID: PMC10662364 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Marine protists are integral to the structure and function of pelagic ecosystems and marine carbon cycling, with rhizarian biomass alone accounting for more than half of all mesozooplankton in the oligotrophic oceans. Yet, understanding how their environment shapes diversity within species and across taxa is limited by a paucity of observations of heritability and life history. Here, we present observations of asexual reproduction, morphologic plasticity, and ontogeny in the planktic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in laboratory culture. Our results demonstrate that planktic foraminifera reproduce both sexually and asexually and demonstrate extensive phenotypic plasticity in response to nonheritable factors. These two processes fundamentally explain the rapid spatial and temporal response of even imperceptibly low populations of planktic foraminifera to optimal conditions and the diversity and ubiquity of these species across the range of environmental conditions that occur in the ocean.
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- Catherine V Davis
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
- School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Morard R, Füllberg A, Brummer GJA, Greco M, Jonkers L, Wizemann A, Weiner AKM, Darling K, Siccha M, Ledevin R, Kitazato H, de Garidel-Thoron T, de Vargas C, Kucera M. Genetic and morphological divergence in the warm-water planktonic foraminifera genus Globigerinoides. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225246. [PMID: 31805130 PMCID: PMC6894840 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The planktonic foraminifera genus Globigerinoides provides a prime example of a species-rich genus in which genetic and morphological divergence are uncorrelated. To shed light on the evolutionary processes that lead to the present-day diversity of Globigerinoides, we investigated the genetic, ecological and morphological divergence of its constituent species. We assembled a global collection of single-cell barcode sequences and show that the genus consists of eight distinct genetic types organized in five extant morphospecies. Based on morphological evidence, we reassign the species Globoturborotalita tenella to Globigerinoides and amend Globigerinoides ruber by formally proposing two new subspecies, G. ruber albus n.subsp. and G. ruber ruber in order to express their subspecies level distinction and to replace the informal G. ruber "white" and G. ruber "pink", respectively. The genetic types within G. ruber and Globigerinoides elongatus show a combination of endemism and coexistence, with little evidence for ecological differentiation. CT-scanning and ontogeny analysis reveal that the diagnostic differences in adult morphologies could be explained by alterations of the ontogenetic trajectories towards final (reproductive) size. This indicates that heterochrony may have caused the observed decoupling between genetic and morphological diversification within the genus. We find little evidence for environmental forcing of either the genetic or the morphological diversification, which allude to biotic interactions such as symbiosis, as the driver of speciation in Globigerinoides.
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- Raphaël Morard
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems, and Utrecht University, Den Burg, and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- UMR5199 PACEA, Université de Bordeaux, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 7144, ECOMAP, Roscoff, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara GOSEE, Paris, France
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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Morard R, Vollmar NM, Greco M, Kucera M. Unassigned diversity of planktonic foraminifera from environmental sequencing revealed as known but neglected species. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213936. [PMID: 30897140 PMCID: PMC6428320 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most research on extant planktonic foraminifera has been directed towards larger species (>0.150 mm) which can be easily manipulated, counted and yield enough calcite for geochemical analyses. This has drawn attention towards the macroperforate clade and created an impression of their numerical and ecological dominance. Drawing such conclusions from the study of such “giants” is a dangerous path. There were times in the evolutionary history of planktonic foraminifera when all species were smaller than 0.1 mm and indeed numerous small taxa, mainly from the microperforate clade, have been formally described from the modern plankton. The significance of these small, obscure and neglected species is poorly characterized and their relationship to the newly discovered hyperabundant but uncharacterized lineages of planktonic foraminifera in metabarcoding datasets is unknown. To determine, who is hiding in the metabarcoding datasets, we carried out an extensive sequencing of 18S rDNA targeted at small and obscure species. The sequences of the newly characterized small and obscure taxa match many of the previously uncharacterized lineages found in metabarcoding data. This indicates that most of the modern diversity in planktonic foraminifera has been taxonomically captured, but the role of the small and neglected taxa has been severely underestimated.
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- Raphaël Morard
- MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Ujiié Y, Kimoto K, Ishimura T. Advanced approach to analyzing calcareous protists for present and past pelagic ecology: Comprehensive analysis of 3D-morphology, stable isotopes, and genes of planktic foraminifers. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213282. [PMID: 30845272 PMCID: PMC6405064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Marine protists play an important role in oceanic ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. However, the difficulties in culturing pelagic protists indicate that their ecology and behavior remain poorly understood; phylogeographic studies based on single-cell genetic analyses have often shown that they are highly divergent at the biological species level, with variable geographic distributions. This indicates that their ecology could be complex. On the other hand, the biomineral (calcareous) shells of planktic foraminifers are widely used in geochemical analyses to estimate marine paleoenvironmental characteristics (i.e., temperature), because the shell chemical composition reflects ambient seawater conditions. Among the pelagic protists, planktic foraminifers are ideal study candidates to develop a combined approach of genetic, morphological, and geochemical methods, thus reflecting environmental and ecological characteristics. The present study precisely tested whether the DNA extraction process physically and chemically affects the shells of the planktic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber. We used a nondestructive method for analyzing physical changes (micro-focus X-ray computed tomography (MXCT) scanning) to compare specimens at the pre- and post-DNA extraction stages. Our results demonstrate that DNA extraction has no significant effect on shell density and thickness. We measured stable carbon and oxygen isotopes on the shell of each individual in a negative control or one of two DNA-extracted groups and detected no significant differences in isotopic values among the three groups. Moreover, we evaluated isotopic variations at the biological species level with regard to their ecological characteristics such as depth habitat, life stages, and symbionts. Thus, our examination of the physiochemical effects on biomineral shells through DNA extraction shows that morphological and isotopic analyses of foraminifers can be combined with genetic analysis. These analytical methods are applicable to other shell-forming protists and microorganisms. In this study, we developed a powerful analytical tool for use in ecological and environmental studies of modern and past oceans.
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- Yurika Ujiié
- Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
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- Research and Development Center for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College, Hitachinaka, Japan
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Surface ocean metabarcoding confirms limited diversity in planktonic foraminifera but reveals unknown hyper-abundant lineages. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2539. [PMID: 29416071 PMCID: PMC5803224 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20833-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Since the advent of DNA metabarcoding surveys, the planktonic realm is considered a treasure trove of diversity, inhabited by a small number of abundant taxa, and a hugely diverse and taxonomically uncharacterized consortium of rare species. Here we assess if the apparent underestimation of plankton diversity applies universally. We target planktonic foraminifera, a group of protists whose known morphological diversity is limited, taxonomically resolved and linked to ribosomal DNA barcodes. We generated a pyrosequencing dataset of ~100,000 partial 18S rRNA foraminiferal sequences from 32 size fractioned photic-zone plankton samples collected at 8 stations in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009–2012). We identified 69 genetic types belonging to 41 morphotaxa in our metabarcoding dataset. The diversity saturated at local and regional scale as well as in the three size fractions and the two depths sampled indicating that the diversity of foraminifera is modest and finite. The large majority of the newly discovered lineages occur in the small size fraction, neglected by classical taxonomy. These unknown lineages dominate the bulk [>0.8 µm] size fraction, implying that a considerable part of the planktonic foraminifera community biomass has its origin in unknown lineages.
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Hannisdal B, Haaga KA, Reitan T, Diego D, Liow LH. Common species link global ecosystems to climate change: dynamical evidence in the planktonic fossil record. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 284:rspb.2017.0722. [PMID: 28701561 PMCID: PMC5524498 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Common species shape the world around us, and changes in their commonness signify large-scale shifts in ecosystem structure and function. However, our understanding of long-term ecosystem response to environmental forcing in the deep past is centred on species richness, neglecting the disproportional impact of common species. Here, we use common and widespread species of planktonic foraminifera in deep-sea sediments to track changes in observed global occupancy (proportion of sampled sites at which a species is present and observed) through the turbulent climatic history of the last 65 Myr. Our approach is sensitive to relative changes in global abundance of the species set and robust to factors that bias richness estimators. Using three independent methods for detecting causality, we show that the observed global occupancy of planktonic foraminifera has been dynamically coupled to past oceanographic changes captured in deep-ocean temperature reconstructions. The causal inference does not imply a direct mechanism, but is consistent with an indirect, time-delayed causal linkage. Given the strong quantitative evidence that a dynamical coupling exists, we hypothesize that mixotrophy (symbiont hosting) may be an ecological factor linking the global abundance of planktonic foraminifera to long-term climate changes via the relative extent of oligotrophic oceans.
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- Bjarte Hannisdal
- Centre for Geobiology, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway .,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.,Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway
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Tyagi K, Kumar V, Singha D, Chandra K, Laskar BA, Kundu S, Chakraborty R, Chatterjee S. DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species and Species complexes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4898. [PMID: 28687754 PMCID: PMC5501822 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05112-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Thrips are one of the major sucking pest and vector of plant viruses causing huge economic loss in agriculture. The accurate identification of thrips is crucial for effective pest management strategies. However, morphology based identification has limitations and warrants integration of molecular data. We attempted the largest DNA barcoding initiative on 370 sequences of 89 thrips morphospecies including 104 novel sequences from 39 morphospecies, including the type specimens of four species. The results of multiple species delimitation methods (BIN, ABGD, GMYC and bPTP) were consistent for 73 species (82%) with their morphological identifications. A total of 107 molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) was recovered for 89 morphospecies by superimposing multiple methods and applying a three level nomenclature system. We detected more than one MOTU in 14 morphospecies indicating to have cryptic diversity including, two major vector species (Frankliniella schultzei and Thrips palmi). However, four morphospecies (Thrips moundi, Thrips carthami, Haplothrips andersi and Haplothrips gowdeyi) showed low genetic distances between them with overlapping in barcode gap that requires further analysis with multiple molecular markers and more specimens from wide geographical areas for better taxonomic judgment. We also presented the advantage of simultaneous use of multiple delimitation methods for detection and identification of cryptic species.
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- Kaomud Tyagi
- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India.
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India
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Hsiang AY, Elder LE, Hull PM. Towards a morphological metric of assemblage dynamics in the fossil record: a test case using planktonic foraminifera. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 371:20150227. [PMID: 26977067 PMCID: PMC4810820 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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With a glance, even the novice naturalist can tell you something about the ecology of a given ecosystem. This is because the morphology of individuals reflects their evolutionary history and ecology, and imparts a distinct ‘look’ to communities—making it possible to immediately discern between deserts and forests, or coral reefs and abyssal plains. Once quantified, morphology can provide a common metric for characterizing communities across space and time and, if measured rapidly, serve as a powerful tool for quantifying biotic dynamics. Here, we present and test a new high-throughput approach for analysing community shape in the fossil record using semi-three-dimensional (3D) morphometrics from vertically stacked images (light microscopic or photogrammetric). We assess the potential informativeness of community morphology in a first analysis of the relationship between 3D morphology, ecology and phylogeny in 16 extant species of planktonic foraminifera—an abundant group in the marine fossil record—and in a preliminary comparison of four assemblages from the North Atlantic. In the species examined, phylogenetic relatedness was most closely correlated with ecology, with all three ecological traits examined (depth habitat, symbiont ecology and biogeography) showing significant phylogenetic signal. By contrast, morphological trees (based on 3D shape similarity) were relatively distantly related to both ecology and phylogeny. Although improvements are needed to realize the full utility of community morphometrics, our approach already provides robust volumetric measurements of assemblage size, a key ecological characteristic.
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- Allison Y Hsiang
- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, USA
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Morard R, Escarguel G, Weiner AKM, André A, Douady CJ, Wade CM, Darling KF, Ujiié Y, Seears HA, Quillévéré F, de Garidel-Thoron T, de Vargas C, Kucera M. Nomenclature for the Nameless: A Proposal for an Integrative Molecular Taxonomy of Cryptic Diversity Exemplified by Planktonic Foraminifera. Syst Biol 2016; 65:925-40. [PMID: 27073250 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Investigations of biodiversity, biogeography, and ecological processes rely on the identification of "species" as biologically significant, natural units of evolution. In this context, morphotaxonomy only provides an adequate level of resolution if reproductive isolation matches morphological divergence. In many groups of organisms, morphologically defined species often disguise considerable genetic diversity, which may be indicative of the existence of cryptic species. The diversity hidden by morphological species can be disentangled through genetic surveys, which also provide access to data on the ecological distribution of genetically circumscribed units. These units can be identified by unique DNA sequence motifs and allow studies of evolutionary and ecological processes at different levels of divergence. However, the nomenclature of genetically circumscribed units within morphological species is not regulated and lacks stability. This represents a major obstacle to efforts to synthesize and communicate data on genetic diversity for multiple stakeholders. We have been confronted with such an obstacle in our work on planktonic foraminifera, where the stakeholder community is particularly diverse, involving geochemists, paleoceanographers, paleontologists, and biologists, and the lack of stable nomenclature beyond the level of formal morphospecies prevents effective transfer of knowledge. To circumvent this problem, we have designed a stable, reproducible, and flexible nomenclature system for genetically circumscribed units, analogous to the principles of a formal nomenclature system. Our system is based on the definition of unique DNA sequence motifs collocated within an individual, their typification (in analogy with holotypes), utilization of their hierarchical phylogenetic structure to define levels of divergence below that of the morphospecies, and a set of nomenclature rules assuring stability. The resulting molecular operational taxonomic units remain outside the domain of current nomenclature codes, but are linked to formal morphospecies as regulated by the codes. Subsequently, we show how this system can be applied to classify genetically defined units using the SSU rDNA marker in planktonic foraminifera and we highlight its potential use for other groups of organisms where similarly high levels of connectivity between molecular and formal taxonomies can be achieved.
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- Raphaël Morard
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany,
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- Université de Lyon; UMR5023 Ecologie des Hydrosystémes Naturels et Anthropisés; Universiteì Lyon 1; ENTPE; CNRS; 6 rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de la Housse, Batiment 18, 51100 REIMS, France
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- Université de Lyon; UMR5023 Ecologie des Hydrosystémes Naturels et Anthropisés; Universiteì Lyon 1; ENTPE; CNRS; 6 rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France, Institut Universitaire de France, 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK, School of Geography and GeoSciences, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK
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- Department of Biology, Shinshu University, Asahi3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, 485 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5276 LGL-TPE, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, et Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7144, EPEP, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France, and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Pereira TJ, Baldwin JG. Contrasting evolutionary patterns of 28S and ITS rRNA genes reveal high intragenomic variation in Cephalenchus (Nematoda): Implications for species delimitation. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 98:244-60. [PMID: 26926945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Concerted evolution is often assumed to be the evolutionary force driving multi-family genes, including those from ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeat, to complete homogenization within a species, although cases of non-concerted evolution have been also documented. In this study, sequence variation of 28S and ITS ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in the genus Cephalenchus is assessed at three different levels, intragenomic, intraspecific, and interspecific. The findings suggest that not all Cephalenchus species undergo concerted evolution. High levels of intraspecific polymorphism, mostly due to intragenomic variation, are found in Cephalenchus sp1 (BRA-01). Secondary structure analyses of both rRNA genes and across different species show a similar substitution pattern, including mostly compensatory (CBC) and semi-compensatory (SBC) base changes, thus suggesting the functionality of these rRNA copies despite the variation found in some species. This view is also supported by low sequence variation in the 5.8S gene in relation to the flanking ITS-1 and ITS-2 as well as by the existence of conserved motifs in the former gene. It is suggested that potential cross-fertilization in some Cephalenchus species, based on inspection of female reproductive system, might contribute to both intragenomic and intraspecific polymorphism of their rRNA genes. These results reinforce the potential implications of intragenomic and intraspecific genetic diversity on species delimitation, especially in biodiversity studies based solely on metagenetic approaches. Knowledge of sequence variation will be crucial for accurate species diversity estimation using molecular methods.
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- Tiago José Pereira
- Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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- Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Morard R, Darling KF, Mahé F, Audic S, Ujiié Y, Weiner AKM, André A, Seears HA, Wade CM, Quillévéré F, Douady CJ, Escarguel G, de Garidel-Thoron T, Siccha M, Kucera M, de Vargas C. PFR2: a curated database of planktonic foraminifera 18S ribosomal DNA as a resource for studies of plankton ecology, biogeography and evolution. Mol Ecol Resour 2015; 15:1472-85. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Raphaël Morard
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; UMR 7144; EPEP; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
- Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Univ Paris 06; UMR 7144; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen; Leobener Strasse 28359 Bremen Germany
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- School of GeoSciences; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
- School of Geography and GeoSciences; University of St Andrews; Fife KY16 9AL UK
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- Department of Ecology; Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; UMR 7144; EPEP; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
- Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Univ Paris 06; UMR 7144; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
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- Department of Biology; Shinshu University; Asahi3-1-1 Matsumoto Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen; Leobener Strasse 28359 Bremen Germany
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- CNRS UMR 5276; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 69622 Villeurbanne France
- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles; Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne; Campus Moulin de la Housse Batiment 18 51100 Reims France
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- School of Life Sciences; University of Nottingham; University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
- Department of Biological Sciences; Lehigh University; Iacocca Hall 111 Research Drive Bethlehem PA 18105 USA
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- School of Life Sciences; University of Nottingham; University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- CNRS UMR 5276; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 69622 Villeurbanne France
| | - Christophe J. Douady
- UMR5023 Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés; Université Lyon 1; ENTPE; CNRS; Université de Lyon; 6 rue Raphaël Dubois 69622 Villeurbanne France
- Institut Universitaire de France; 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel 75005 Paris France
| | - Gilles Escarguel
- CNRS UMR 5276; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; 69622 Villeurbanne France
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen; Leobener Strasse 28359 Bremen Germany
| | - Michal Kucera
- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen; Leobener Strasse 28359 Bremen Germany
| | - Colomban de Vargas
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; UMR 7144; EPEP; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
- Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Univ Paris 06; UMR 7144; Station Biologique de Roscoff; 29680 Roscoff France
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