Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba
Coral-associated microbial communities contribute to a wide variety of useful roles regarding the their host, and therefore, the arrangement of the general microbiome network can emphatically impact coral wellbeing and survival. Various pollution sources can interfere and disrupt the microbial relat...
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| author | Emad Hussien Abdul-Salam Juhmani Ruba AlMasri Fuad Al-Horani Mohannad Al-Saghir |
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| description | Coral-associated microbial communities contribute to a wide variety of useful roles regarding the their host, and therefore, the arrangement of the general microbiome network can emphatically impact coral wellbeing and survival. Various pollution sources can interfere and disrupt the microbial relationship with corals. Here, we adopted the bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP®) technique to investigate the shift of microbial communities associated with the mucus of the coral Stylophora pistillata collected from five sites (Marine Science Station, Industrial Complex, Oil Terminal, Public Beach, and Phosphate Port) along the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Our results revealed a high diversity in bacterial populations associated with coral mucus. Proteobacteria were observed to be the dominating phylum among all sampling sites. The identified bacterial taxa belong to the pathogenic bacteria from the genus Vibrio was presented in varying abundances at all sampling sites. Diversity and similarity analysis of microbial communists based on rarefaction curve and UniFrac cluster respectively demonstrated that there are variances in microbial groups associated with coral mucus along sites. The pollution sources among different locations along the Gulf of Aqaba seem to affect the coral-associated holobiont leading to changes in bacterial populations due to increasing human activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-badc2e8f232c43b0867baefb49b837052022-12-21T18:42:51ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402019-11-01511e02876Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of AqabaEmad Hussien0Abdul-Salam Juhmani1Ruba AlMasri2Fuad Al-Horani3Mohannad Al-Saghir4Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition College of Applied and Health Sciences, A'Sharqiyah University, Ibra, OmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistic, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, ItalyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Marine Biology, The University of Jordan, Aqaba, JordanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Zanesville, OH, 43701, USA; Corresponding author.Coral-associated microbial communities contribute to a wide variety of useful roles regarding the their host, and therefore, the arrangement of the general microbiome network can emphatically impact coral wellbeing and survival. Various pollution sources can interfere and disrupt the microbial relationship with corals. Here, we adopted the bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP®) technique to investigate the shift of microbial communities associated with the mucus of the coral Stylophora pistillata collected from five sites (Marine Science Station, Industrial Complex, Oil Terminal, Public Beach, and Phosphate Port) along the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Our results revealed a high diversity in bacterial populations associated with coral mucus. Proteobacteria were observed to be the dominating phylum among all sampling sites. The identified bacterial taxa belong to the pathogenic bacteria from the genus Vibrio was presented in varying abundances at all sampling sites. Diversity and similarity analysis of microbial communists based on rarefaction curve and UniFrac cluster respectively demonstrated that there are variances in microbial groups associated with coral mucus along sites. The pollution sources among different locations along the Gulf of Aqaba seem to affect the coral-associated holobiont leading to changes in bacterial populations due to increasing human activities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019365351MicrobiologyCoral healthCoral damageCoralJordanian coastRed sea coral |
| spellingShingle | Emad Hussien Abdul-Salam Juhmani Ruba AlMasri Fuad Al-Horani Mohannad Al-Saghir Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba Heliyon Microbiology Coral health Coral damage Coral Jordanian coast Red sea coral |
| title | Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba |
| title_full | Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba |
| title_fullStr | Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba |
| title_short | Metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the Gulf of Aqaba |
| title_sort | metagenomic analysis of microbial community associated with coral mucus from the gulf of aqaba |
| topic | Microbiology Coral health Coral damage Coral Jordanian coast Red sea coral |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019365351 |
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