Seagrasses harbour different and rich epiphytic bacterial communities. These microbes may establish intimate and symbiotic relationships with the seagrass plants and change according to host species, environmental conditions, and/or ecophysiological status of their seagrass host. Although Posidonia oceanica is one of the most studied seagrasses in the world, and bacteria associated with seagrasses have been studied for over a decade, P. oceanica’s microbiome remains hitherto little explored. Here, we applied 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to explore the microbiome associated with the leaves of P. oceanica growing in two geomorphologically different meadows (e.g. depth, substrate, and turbidity) within the Limassol Bay (Cyprus). The morphometric (leaf area, meadow density) and biochemical (pigments, total phenols) descriptors highlighted the healthy conditions of both meadows. The leaf-associated bacterial communities showed similar structure and composition in the two sites; core microbiota members were dominated by bacteria belonging to the Thalassospiraceae, Microtrichaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Saprospiraceae, and Hyphomonadaceae families. This analogy, even under different geomorphological conditions, suggest that in the absence of disturbances, P. oceanica maintains characteristic-associated bacterial communities. This study provides a baseline for the knowledge of the P. oceanica microbiome and further supports its use as a putative seagrass descriptor.

Rotini, A., Conte, C., Winters, G., Migliore, L. (2023). Undisturbed Posidonia oceanica meadows maintain the epiphytic bacterial community in different environments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 30(42), 95464-95474 [10.1007/s11356-023-28968-x].

Undisturbed Posidonia oceanica meadows maintain the epiphytic bacterial community in different environments

Rotini A.;Migliore L.
2023-08-07

Abstract

Seagrasses harbour different and rich epiphytic bacterial communities. These microbes may establish intimate and symbiotic relationships with the seagrass plants and change according to host species, environmental conditions, and/or ecophysiological status of their seagrass host. Although Posidonia oceanica is one of the most studied seagrasses in the world, and bacteria associated with seagrasses have been studied for over a decade, P. oceanica’s microbiome remains hitherto little explored. Here, we applied 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to explore the microbiome associated with the leaves of P. oceanica growing in two geomorphologically different meadows (e.g. depth, substrate, and turbidity) within the Limassol Bay (Cyprus). The morphometric (leaf area, meadow density) and biochemical (pigments, total phenols) descriptors highlighted the healthy conditions of both meadows. The leaf-associated bacterial communities showed similar structure and composition in the two sites; core microbiota members were dominated by bacteria belonging to the Thalassospiraceae, Microtrichaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Saprospiraceae, and Hyphomonadaceae families. This analogy, even under different geomorphological conditions, suggest that in the absence of disturbances, P. oceanica maintains characteristic-associated bacterial communities. This study provides a baseline for the knowledge of the P. oceanica microbiome and further supports its use as a putative seagrass descriptor.
7-ago-2023
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore BIO/07
English
Seagrass ecology; Seagrass holobiont; Ecological descriptors; Posidonia oceanica; Total phenols; Photosynthetic pigments; Marine bacteria; Cyprus
Rotini, A., Conte, C., Winters, G., Migliore, L. (2023). Undisturbed Posidonia oceanica meadows maintain the epiphytic bacterial community in different environments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 30(42), 95464-95474 [10.1007/s11356-023-28968-x].
Rotini, A; Conte, C; Winters, G; Migliore, L
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