The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species
Microbes play a crucial role in sustaining the coral holobiont’s functions and in particular under the pressure of environmental stressors. The effect of a changing environment on coral health is now a major branch of research that relies heavily on aquarium experiments. However, the effect of capti...
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| author | Pierre E. Galand Leila Chapron Anne-Leila Meistertzheim Erwan Peru Franck Lartaud |
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| description | Microbes play a crucial role in sustaining the coral holobiont’s functions and in particular under the pressure of environmental stressors. The effect of a changing environment on coral health is now a major branch of research that relies heavily on aquarium experiments. However, the effect of captivity on the coral microbiome remains poorly known. Here we show that different cold-water corals species have different microbiome responses to captivity. For both the DNA and the RNA fraction, Madrepora oculata bacterial communities were maintained for at least 6 months of aquarium rearing, while Lophelia pertusa bacteria changed within a day. Interestingly, bacteria from the genus Endozoicomonas, a ubiquitous symbiont of numerous marine hosts, were resilient and remained active in M. oculata for several months. Our results demonstrate that a good knowledge of the coral microbiome and an understanding of the ecological strategy of the holobiont is needed before designing aquarium experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f91cc8b87964a4a9bfc9cc35e8c720b2022-12-21T17:58:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2018-10-01910.3389/fmicb.2018.02565417796The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral SpeciesPierre E. Galand0Leila Chapron1Anne-Leila Meistertzheim2Erwan Peru3Franck Lartaud4Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, FranceSorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, FranceSorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Banyuls-sur-Mer, FranceSorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, FranceSorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, FranceMicrobes play a crucial role in sustaining the coral holobiont’s functions and in particular under the pressure of environmental stressors. The effect of a changing environment on coral health is now a major branch of research that relies heavily on aquarium experiments. However, the effect of captivity on the coral microbiome remains poorly known. Here we show that different cold-water corals species have different microbiome responses to captivity. For both the DNA and the RNA fraction, Madrepora oculata bacterial communities were maintained for at least 6 months of aquarium rearing, while Lophelia pertusa bacteria changed within a day. Interestingly, bacteria from the genus Endozoicomonas, a ubiquitous symbiont of numerous marine hosts, were resilient and remained active in M. oculata for several months. Our results demonstrate that a good knowledge of the coral microbiome and an understanding of the ecological strategy of the holobiont is needed before designing aquarium experiments.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02565/fullLophelia pertusaMadrepora oculataDNA/RNAbacteriaaquaria experiment |
| spellingShingle | Pierre E. Galand Leila Chapron Anne-Leila Meistertzheim Erwan Peru Franck Lartaud The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species Frontiers in Microbiology Lophelia pertusa Madrepora oculata DNA/RNA bacteria aquaria experiment |
| title | The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species |
| title_full | The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species |
| title_short | The Effect of Captivity on the Dynamics of Active Bacterial Communities Differs Between Two Deep-Sea Coral Species |
| title_sort | effect of captivity on the dynamics of active bacterial communities differs between two deep sea coral species |
| topic | Lophelia pertusa Madrepora oculata DNA/RNA bacteria aquaria experiment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02565/full |
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