Evidence for rapid, tide-related shifts in the microbiome of the coral Coelastrea aspera
Journal article
Authors | Sweet, Michael J., Brown, Barbara E., Dunne, Richard P., Singleton, Ian and Bulling, Mark T. |
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Abstract | Shifts in the microbiome of the intertidal coral Coelastrea aspera (formally known as Goniastrea aspera) from Phuket, Thailand, were noted over the course of a 4-d period of spring tides. During this time, corals were naturally exposed to high temperatures, intense solar radiation, sub-aerial exposure and tidally induced water fluxes. Analysis of the 16S microbiome highlighted that the corals harbored both ‘core or stable’ communities and those which appeared to be more ‘transient or sporadic.’ Only relatively few microbial associates were classified as core microbes; the majority were transient or sporadic. Such transient associates were likely to have been governed by tidally induced variations in mucus thickness and water fluxes. Here we report strong shifts in the bacterial community of C. aspera over a short temporal scale. However, we also show significant differences in the timing of shifts between the two age groups of corals studied. More rapid changes (within 2 d of sub-aerial exposure) occurred within the 4-yr-old colonies, but a slightly delayed response was observed in the 10-yr-old colonies, whereby the microbial associates only changed after 4 d. We hypothesize that these shifts are age related and could be influenced by the observed baseline differences in the microbiome of the 4- and 10-yr-old corals, bacteria–bacteria interactions, and/or host energetics. |
Keywords | Coral reef; Microbiome; Aging; Senescence |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Coral Reefs |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 7224028 |
14320975 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1572-y |
Web address (URL) | http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00338-017-1572-y |
hdl:10545/621541 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 23 Mar 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 13 Apr 2017, 08:18 |
Accepted | 15 Mar 2017 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Coral Reefs |
Contributors | University of Derby, Newcastle University, North Highland College and Edinburgh Napier University |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/947x9/evidence-for-rapid-tide-related-shifts-in-the-microbiome-of-the-coral-coelastrea-aspera
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