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Habitat-specific environmental conditions primarily control the microbiomes of the coral Seriatopora hystrix

Overview of attention for article published in The ISME Journal, February 2015
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Title
Habitat-specific environmental conditions primarily control the microbiomes of the coral Seriatopora hystrix
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The ISME Journal, February 2015
DOI 10.1038/ismej.2015.3
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Olga Pantos, Pim Bongaerts, Paul G Dennis, Gene W Tyson, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Abstract

Reef-building corals form complex relationships with a range of microorganisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi and the unicellular microalgae of the genus Symbiodinium, which together form the coral holobiont. These symbionts are known to have both beneficial and deleterious effects on their coral host, but little is known about what the governing factors of these relationships are, or the interactions that exist between the different members of the holobiont and their environment. Here we used 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing to investigate how archaeal and bacterial communities associated with the widespread scleractinian coral Seriatopora hystrix are influenced by extrinsic (reef habitat and geographic location) and intrinsic (host genotype and Symbiodinium subclade) factors. Bacteria dominate the microbiome of S. hystrix, with members of the Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteriodetes being the most predominant in all samples. The richness and evenness of these communities varied between reef habitats, but there was no significant difference between distinct coral host lineages or corals hosting distinct Symbiodinium subclades. The coral microbiomes correlated to reef habitat (depth) and geographic location, with a negative correlation between Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria, driven by the key members of both groups (Rhodobacteraceae and Hahellaceae, respectively), which showed significant differences between location and depth. This study suggests that the control of microbial communities associated with the scleractinian coral S. hystrix is driven primarily by external environmental conditions rather than by those directly associated with the coral holobiont.The ISME Journal advance online publication, 10 February 2015; doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.3.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Fiji 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 211 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 60 28%
Researcher 30 14%
Student > Master 24 11%
Student > Bachelor 17 8%
Other 7 3%
Other 22 10%
Unknown 57 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 64 29%
Environmental Science 52 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 5%
Computer Science 3 1%
Other 9 4%
Unknown 61 28%
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#6,325,717
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#2,221
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#28
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