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Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)

The Mediterranean Sea is considered as one of the hotspots of marine bioinvasions, largely due to the influx of tropical species migrating through the Suez Canal, so-called Lessepsian migrants. Several cases of Lessepsian migration have been documented recently, however, little is known about the ec...

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Autores principales: Merkado, Gily, Holzmann, Maria, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure, Pawlowski, Jan, Abdu, Uri, Almogi-Labin, Ahuva, Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit, Bakhrat, Anna, Abramovich, Sigal
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077725
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author Merkado, Gily
Holzmann, Maria
Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure
Pawlowski, Jan
Abdu, Uri
Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit
Bakhrat, Anna
Abramovich, Sigal
author_facet Merkado, Gily
Holzmann, Maria
Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure
Pawlowski, Jan
Abdu, Uri
Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit
Bakhrat, Anna
Abramovich, Sigal
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description The Mediterranean Sea is considered as one of the hotspots of marine bioinvasions, largely due to the influx of tropical species migrating through the Suez Canal, so-called Lessepsian migrants. Several cases of Lessepsian migration have been documented recently, however, little is known about the ecological characteristics of the migrating species and their aptitude to colonize the new areas. This study focused on Red Sea soritids, larger symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera (LBF) that are indicative of tropical and subtropical environments and were recently found in the Israeli coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. We combined molecular phylogenetic analyses of soritids and their algal symbionts as well as network analysis of Sorites orbiculus Forskål to compare populations from the Gulf of Elat (northern Red Sea) and from a known hotspot in Shikmona (northern Israel) that consists of a single population of S. orbiculus. Our phylogenetic analyses show that all specimens found in Shikmona are genetically identical to a population of S. orbiculus living on a similar shallow water pebbles habitat in the Gulf of Elat. Our analyses also show that the symbionts found in Shikmona and Elat soritids belong to the Symbiodinium clade F5, which is common in the Red Sea and also present in the Indian Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Our study therefore provides the first genetic and ecological evidences that indicate that modern population of soritids found on the Mediterranean coast of Israel is probably Lessepsian, and is less likely the descendant of a native ancient Mediterranean species.
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spelling pubmed-38122312013-11-07 Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera) Merkado, Gily Holzmann, Maria Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure Pawlowski, Jan Abdu, Uri Almogi-Labin, Ahuva Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit Bakhrat, Anna Abramovich, Sigal PLoS One Research Article The Mediterranean Sea is considered as one of the hotspots of marine bioinvasions, largely due to the influx of tropical species migrating through the Suez Canal, so-called Lessepsian migrants. Several cases of Lessepsian migration have been documented recently, however, little is known about the ecological characteristics of the migrating species and their aptitude to colonize the new areas. This study focused on Red Sea soritids, larger symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera (LBF) that are indicative of tropical and subtropical environments and were recently found in the Israeli coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. We combined molecular phylogenetic analyses of soritids and their algal symbionts as well as network analysis of Sorites orbiculus Forskål to compare populations from the Gulf of Elat (northern Red Sea) and from a known hotspot in Shikmona (northern Israel) that consists of a single population of S. orbiculus. Our phylogenetic analyses show that all specimens found in Shikmona are genetically identical to a population of S. orbiculus living on a similar shallow water pebbles habitat in the Gulf of Elat. Our analyses also show that the symbionts found in Shikmona and Elat soritids belong to the Symbiodinium clade F5, which is common in the Red Sea and also present in the Indian Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Our study therefore provides the first genetic and ecological evidences that indicate that modern population of soritids found on the Mediterranean coast of Israel is probably Lessepsian, and is less likely the descendant of a native ancient Mediterranean species. Public Library of Science 2013-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3812231/ /pubmed/24204936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077725 Text en © 2013 Merkado et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Merkado, Gily
Holzmann, Maria
Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure
Pawlowski, Jan
Abdu, Uri
Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit
Bakhrat, Anna
Abramovich, Sigal
Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title_full Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title_fullStr Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title_short Molecular Evidence for Lessepsian Invasion of Soritids (Larger Symbiont Bearing Benthic Foraminifera)
title_sort molecular evidence for lessepsian invasion of soritids (larger symbiont bearing benthic foraminifera)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077725
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