The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

Ainsworth, TD; Krause, L; Bridge, T; Torda, G; Raina, JB; Zakrzewski, M; Gates, RD; Padilla-Gamiño, JL; Spalding, HL; Smith, C; Woolsey, ES; Bourne, DG; Bongaerts, P; Hoegh-Guldberg, O; Leggat, W

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

Ainsworth, TD Krause, L Bridge, T Torda, G Raina, JB

Zakrzewski, M Gates, RD Padilla-Gamiño, JL Spalding, HL Smith, C Woolsey, ES Bourne, DG Bongaerts, P Hoegh-Guldberg, O Leggat, W

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Citation:: ISME Journal, 2015, 9 (10), pp. 2261 - 2274
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ainsworth, TD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Krause, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bridge, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Torda, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Raina, JB https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-0004	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zakrzewski, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gates, RD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Padilla-Gamiño, JL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Spalding, HL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Smith, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Woolsey, ES	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bourne, DG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bongaerts, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hoegh-Guldberg, O	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leggat, W	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-02-12	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ISME Journal, 2015, 9 (10), pp. 2261 - 2274	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1751-7362	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36148
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 International Society for Microbial Ecology All rights reserved. Despite being one of the simplest metazoans, corals harbor some of the most highly diverse and abundant microbial communities. Differentiating core, symbiotic bacteria from this diverse hostassociated consortium is essential for characterizing the functional contributions of bacteria but has not been possible yet. Here we characterize the coral core microbiome and demonstrate clear phylogenetic and functional divisions between the micro-scale, niche habitats within the coral host. In doing so, we discover seven distinct bacterial phylotypes that are universal to the core microbiome of coral species, separated by thousands of kilometres of oceans. The two most abundant phylotypes are co-localized specifically with the corals' endosymbiotic algae and symbiont-containing host cells. These bacterial symbioses likely facilitate the success of the dinoflagellate endosymbiosis with corals in diverse environmental regimes.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ISME Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/ismej.2015.39	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Dinoflagellida	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Bacteria	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Bacterial	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sequence Analysis, DNA	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Symbiosis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Microbiota	en_US
dc.title	The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	9	en_US
utslib.for	060504 Microbial Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	10 Technology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - C3 - Climate Change Cluster
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	10	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	9	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 International Society for Microbial Ecology All rights reserved. Despite being one of the simplest metazoans, corals harbor some of the most highly diverse and abundant microbial communities. Differentiating core, symbiotic bacteria from this diverse hostassociated consortium is essential for characterizing the functional contributions of bacteria but has not been possible yet. Here we characterize the coral core microbiome and demonstrate clear phylogenetic and functional divisions between the micro-scale, niche habitats within the coral host. In doing so, we discover seven distinct bacterial phylotypes that are universal to the core microbiome of coral species, separated by thousands of kilometres of oceans. The two most abundant phylotypes are co-localized specifically with the corals' endosymbiotic algae and symbiont-containing host cells. These bacterial symbioses likely facilitate the success of the dinoflagellate endosymbiosis with corals in diverse environmental regimes.

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