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| Title |
Cyanobacterial Diversity and a New Acaryochloris-Like Symbiont from Bahamian Sea-Squirts
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0023938 |
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| Authors |
Susanna López-Legentil, Bongkeun Song, Manel Bosch, Joseph R. Pawlik, Xavier Turon |
| Abstract |
Symbiotic interactions between ascidians (sea-squirts) and microbes are poorly understood. Here we characterized the cyanobacteria in the tissues of 8 distinct didemnid taxa from shallow-water marine habitats in the Bahamas Islands by sequencing a fragment of the cyanobacterial 16S rRNA gene and the entire 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and by examining symbiont morphology with transmission electron (TEM) and confocal microscopy (CM). As described previously for other species, Trididemnum spp. mostly contained symbionts associated with the Prochloron-Synechocystis group. However, sequence analysis of the symbionts in Lissoclinum revealed two unique clades. The first contained a novel cyanobacterial clade, while the second clade was closely associated with Acaryochloris marina. CM revealed the presence of chlorophyll d (chl d) and phycobiliproteins (PBPs) within these symbiont cells, as is characteristic of Acaryochloris species. The presence of symbionts was also observed by TEM inside the tunic of both the adult and larvae of L. fragile, indicating vertical transmission to progeny. Based on molecular phylogenetic and microscopic analyses, Candidatus Acaryochloris bahamiensis nov. sp. is proposed for this symbiotic cyanobacterium. Our results support the hypothesis that photosymbiont communities in ascidians are structured by host phylogeny, but in some cases, also by sampling location. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 19% |
| Researcher | 12 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Professor | 6 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 22% |
| Unknown | 9 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 51% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 October 2019.
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#877
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