Geographic Specific Coral-Associated Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in the Northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

Siboni, N; Ben-Dov, E; Sivan, A; Kushmaro, A

Geographic Specific Coral-Associated Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in the Northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

Siboni, N

Ben-Dov, E Sivan, A Kushmaro, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Microbial Ecology, 2012, 64 (1), pp. 18 - 24
Issue Date:: 2012-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Siboni, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-0949	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ben-Dov, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sivan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kushmaro, A	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-12-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Microbial Ecology, 2012, 64 (1), pp. 18 - 24	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0095-3628	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43880
dc.description.abstract	Coral holobionts are densely populated with microorganisms that are essential for their well-being. Here we compared the diversity of the archaeal ammonia monooxygenase alpha subunit (amoA) gene from three coral genera, Acanthastrea sp., Favia sp., and Fungia granulosa, from the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea. At 99% similarity, archaeal amoA from the three coral genera shared 71% of their cloned sequences, while the Favia and Acanthastrea presented a few genus-specific clones. In addition, the sequences retrieved in our samples displayed lower similarity to amoA sequences previously found in association with other coral species from different geographic regions. This finding suggests that the populations of ammonia-oxidizing archaea are less host-specific and more geographically dependent. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Microbial Ecology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s00248-011-0006-6	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Archaea	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Ammonia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oxidoreductases	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Archaeal Proteins	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Biodiversity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phylogeny	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oxidation-Reduction	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Geography	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Molecular Sequence Data	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Indian Ocean	en_US
dc.title	Geographic Specific Coral-Associated Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in the Northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	64	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	0503 Soil Sciences	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	closed_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	64	en_US

Abstract:

Coral holobionts are densely populated with microorganisms that are essential for their well-being. Here we compared the diversity of the archaeal ammonia monooxygenase alpha subunit (amoA) gene from three coral genera, Acanthastrea sp., Favia sp., and Fungia granulosa, from the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea. At 99% similarity, archaeal amoA from the three coral genera shared 71% of their cloned sequences, while the Favia and Acanthastrea presented a few genus-specific clones. In addition, the sequences retrieved in our samples displayed lower similarity to amoA sequences previously found in association with other coral species from different geographic regions. This finding suggests that the populations of ammonia-oxidizing archaea are less host-specific and more geographically dependent. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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