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Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species

The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes strunckii (hardwood), Nasutitermes corniger (softwood), Termes riograndensis (s...

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Autores principales: Vikram, Surendra, Arneodo, Joel D., Calcagno, Javier, Ortiz, Maximiliano, Mon, Maria Laura, Etcheverry, Clara, Cowan, Don A., Talia, Paola
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868801
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10959
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author Vikram, Surendra
Arneodo, Joel D.
Calcagno, Javier
Ortiz, Maximiliano
Mon, Maria Laura
Etcheverry, Clara
Cowan, Don A.
Talia, Paola
author_facet Vikram, Surendra
Arneodo, Joel D.
Calcagno, Javier
Ortiz, Maximiliano
Mon, Maria Laura
Etcheverry, Clara
Cowan, Don A.
Talia, Paola
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description The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes strunckii (hardwood), Nasutitermes corniger (softwood), Termes riograndensis (soil organic matter/grass) and Cornitermes cumulans (grass) by deep sequencing of amplified 16S rRNA and ITS genes. In addition, we have performed a taxonomic and gut community structure comparison incorporating into the analysis the previously reported microbiomes of additional termite species with varied diets. The bacterial phylum Spirochaetes was dominant in the guts of M. strunckii, N. corniger and C. cumulans, whereas Firmicutes predominated in the T. riograndensis gut microbiome. A single bacterial genus, Treponema (Spirochaetes), was dominant in all termite species, except for T. riograndensis. Both in our own sequenced samples and in the broader comparison, prokaryotic α-diversity was higher in the soil/grass feeders than in the wood feeders. Meanwhile, the β-diversity of prokaryotes and fungi was highly dissimilar among strict wood-feeders, whereas that of soil- and grass-feeders grouped more closely. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the only fungal phyla that could be identified in all gut samples, because of the lack of reference sequences in public databases. In summary, higher microbial diversity was recorded in termites with more versatile feeding sources, providing further evidence that diet, along with other factors (e.g., host taxonomy), influences the microbial community assembly in the termite gut.
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spelling pubmed-80358972021-04-16 Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species Vikram, Surendra Arneodo, Joel D. Calcagno, Javier Ortiz, Maximiliano Mon, Maria Laura Etcheverry, Clara Cowan, Don A. Talia, Paola PeerJ Biodiversity The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes strunckii (hardwood), Nasutitermes corniger (softwood), Termes riograndensis (soil organic matter/grass) and Cornitermes cumulans (grass) by deep sequencing of amplified 16S rRNA and ITS genes. In addition, we have performed a taxonomic and gut community structure comparison incorporating into the analysis the previously reported microbiomes of additional termite species with varied diets. The bacterial phylum Spirochaetes was dominant in the guts of M. strunckii, N. corniger and C. cumulans, whereas Firmicutes predominated in the T. riograndensis gut microbiome. A single bacterial genus, Treponema (Spirochaetes), was dominant in all termite species, except for T. riograndensis. Both in our own sequenced samples and in the broader comparison, prokaryotic α-diversity was higher in the soil/grass feeders than in the wood feeders. Meanwhile, the β-diversity of prokaryotes and fungi was highly dissimilar among strict wood-feeders, whereas that of soil- and grass-feeders grouped more closely. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the only fungal phyla that could be identified in all gut samples, because of the lack of reference sequences in public databases. In summary, higher microbial diversity was recorded in termites with more versatile feeding sources, providing further evidence that diet, along with other factors (e.g., host taxonomy), influences the microbial community assembly in the termite gut. PeerJ Inc. 2021-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8035897/ /pubmed/33868801 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10959 Text en © 2021 Vikram et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
spellingShingle Biodiversity
Vikram, Surendra
Arneodo, Joel D.
Calcagno, Javier
Ortiz, Maximiliano
Mon, Maria Laura
Etcheverry, Clara
Cowan, Don A.
Talia, Paola
Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title_full Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title_fullStr Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title_full_unstemmed Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title_short Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
title_sort diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species
topic Biodiversity
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868801
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10959
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