Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds
Microbiomes are increasingly recognized as widespread regulators of function from individual organism to ecosystem scales. However, the manner in which animals influence the structure and function of environmental microbiomes has received considerably less attention. Using a comparative field study,...
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| description | Microbiomes are increasingly recognized as widespread regulators of function from individual organism to ecosystem scales. However, the manner in which animals influence the structure and function of environmental microbiomes has received considerably less attention. Using a comparative field study, we investigated the relationship between freshwater mussel microbiomes and environmental microbiomes. We used two focal species of unionid mussels, Amblema plicata and Actinonaias ligamentina, with distinct behavioral and physiological characteristics. Mussel microbiomes, those of the shell and biodeposits, were less diverse than both surface and subsurface sediment microbiomes. Mussel abundance was a significant predictor of sediment microbial community composition, but mussel species richness was not. Our data suggest that local habitat conditions which change dynamically along streams, such as discharge, water turnover, and canopy cover, work in tandem to influence environmental microbial community assemblages at discreet rather than landscape scales. Further, mussel burrowing activity and mussel shells may provide habitat for microbial communities critical to nutrient cycling in these systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aefba6443f8244c2b1e387b0839fb96b2022-12-22T04:12:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2022-01-011210.3389/fmicb.2021.790554790554Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel BedsEdward Higgins0Thomas B. Parr1Thomas B. Parr2Caryn C. Vaughn3Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United StatesOklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United StatesNational Park Service, Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network, Ashland, WI, United StatesOklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United StatesMicrobiomes are increasingly recognized as widespread regulators of function from individual organism to ecosystem scales. However, the manner in which animals influence the structure and function of environmental microbiomes has received considerably less attention. Using a comparative field study, we investigated the relationship between freshwater mussel microbiomes and environmental microbiomes. We used two focal species of unionid mussels, Amblema plicata and Actinonaias ligamentina, with distinct behavioral and physiological characteristics. Mussel microbiomes, those of the shell and biodeposits, were less diverse than both surface and subsurface sediment microbiomes. Mussel abundance was a significant predictor of sediment microbial community composition, but mussel species richness was not. Our data suggest that local habitat conditions which change dynamically along streams, such as discharge, water turnover, and canopy cover, work in tandem to influence environmental microbial community assemblages at discreet rather than landscape scales. Further, mussel burrowing activity and mussel shells may provide habitat for microbial communities critical to nutrient cycling in these systems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.790554/fullfreshwater musselmicrobiomenutrient cyclingsulfurecosystem functionnitrogen |
| spellingShingle | Edward Higgins Thomas B. Parr Thomas B. Parr Caryn C. Vaughn Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds Frontiers in Microbiology freshwater mussel microbiome nutrient cycling sulfur ecosystem function nitrogen |
| title | Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds |
| title_full | Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds |
| title_fullStr | Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds |
| title_short | Mussels and Local Conditions Interact to Influence Microbial Communities in Mussel Beds |
| title_sort | mussels and local conditions interact to influence microbial communities in mussel beds |
| topic | freshwater mussel microbiome nutrient cycling sulfur ecosystem function nitrogen |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.790554/full |
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