Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont
The anthozoan sea anemone Nematostella vectensis belongs to the phylum of cnidarians which also includes jellyfish and corals. Nematostella are native to United States East Coast marsh lands, where they constantly adapt to changes in salinity, temperature, oxygen concentration and pH. Its natural ab...
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| author | Sylvia Klein Victoria Frazier Timothy Readdean Emily Lucas Erica P. Diaz-Jimenez Mitchell Sogin Emil S. Ruff Emil S. Ruff Karen Echeverri |
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| description | The anthozoan sea anemone Nematostella vectensis belongs to the phylum of cnidarians which also includes jellyfish and corals. Nematostella are native to United States East Coast marsh lands, where they constantly adapt to changes in salinity, temperature, oxygen concentration and pH. Its natural ability to continually acclimate to changing environments coupled with its genetic tractability render Nematostella a powerful model organism in which to study the effects of common pollutants on the natural development of these animals. Potassium nitrate, commonly used in fertilizers, and Phthalates, a component of plastics are frequent environmental stressors found in coastal and marsh waters. Here we present data showing how early exposure to these pollutants lead to dramatic defects in development of the embryos and eventual mortality possibly due to defects in feeding ability. Additionally, we examined the microbiome of the animals and identified shifts in the microbial community that correlated with the type of water that was used to grow the animals, and with their exposure to pollutants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04ce85977d21461b95ff82b3be261f352022-12-21T20:21:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2021-12-01910.3389/fevo.2021.786037786037Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis HolobiontSylvia Klein0Victoria Frazier1Timothy Readdean2Emily Lucas3Erica P. Diaz-Jimenez4Mitchell Sogin5Emil S. Ruff6Emil S. Ruff7Karen Echeverri8Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesBay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesEugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesEugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesEugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesBay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesBay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesEugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesThe anthozoan sea anemone Nematostella vectensis belongs to the phylum of cnidarians which also includes jellyfish and corals. Nematostella are native to United States East Coast marsh lands, where they constantly adapt to changes in salinity, temperature, oxygen concentration and pH. Its natural ability to continually acclimate to changing environments coupled with its genetic tractability render Nematostella a powerful model organism in which to study the effects of common pollutants on the natural development of these animals. Potassium nitrate, commonly used in fertilizers, and Phthalates, a component of plastics are frequent environmental stressors found in coastal and marsh waters. Here we present data showing how early exposure to these pollutants lead to dramatic defects in development of the embryos and eventual mortality possibly due to defects in feeding ability. Additionally, we examined the microbiome of the animals and identified shifts in the microbial community that correlated with the type of water that was used to grow the animals, and with their exposure to pollutants.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.786037/fullNematostellagrowthmicrobiomestressorsdevelopment |
| spellingShingle | Sylvia Klein Victoria Frazier Timothy Readdean Emily Lucas Erica P. Diaz-Jimenez Mitchell Sogin Emil S. Ruff Emil S. Ruff Karen Echeverri Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Nematostella growth microbiome stressors development |
| title | Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont |
| title_full | Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont |
| title_fullStr | Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont |
| title_short | Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont |
| title_sort | common environmental pollutants negatively affect development and regeneration in the sea anemone nematostella vectensis holobiont |
| topic | Nematostella growth microbiome stressors development |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.786037/full |
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