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Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore
As corals continue to decline globally, particularly due to climate change, it is vital to understand the extent to which their microbiome may confer an adaptive resilience against environmental stress. Corals that survive on the urban reefs of Singapore are ideal candidates to study the association...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34148107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01793-w |
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description | As corals continue to decline globally, particularly due to climate change, it is vital to understand the extent to which their microbiome may confer an adaptive resilience against environmental stress. Corals that survive on the urban reefs of Singapore are ideal candidates to study the association of scleractinians with their microbiome, which in turn can inform reef conservation and management. In this study, we monitored differences in the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta colonies reciprocally transplanted between two reefs, Raffles and Kusu, within the Port of Singapore, where corals face intense anthropogenic impacts. Pocillopora acuta had previously been shown to host distinct microbial communities between these two reefs. Amplicon sequencing (16S rRNA) was used to assess the coral microbiomes at 1, 2, 4, and 10 days post-transplantation. Coral microbiomes responded rapidly to transplantation, becoming similar to those of the local corals at the destination reef within one day at Raffles and within two days at Kusu. Elevated nitrate concentrations were detected at Raffles for the duration of the study, potentially influencing the microbiome’s response to transplantation. The persistence of corals within the port of Singapore highlights the ability of corals to adapt to stressful environments. Further, coral resilience appears to coincide with a dynamic microbiome which can undergo shifts in composition without succumbing to dysbiosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00248-021-01793-w. |
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spelling | pubmed-89798612022-04-22 Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore Deignan, Lindsey K. McDougald, Diane Microb Ecol Environmental Microbiology As corals continue to decline globally, particularly due to climate change, it is vital to understand the extent to which their microbiome may confer an adaptive resilience against environmental stress. Corals that survive on the urban reefs of Singapore are ideal candidates to study the association of scleractinians with their microbiome, which in turn can inform reef conservation and management. In this study, we monitored differences in the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta colonies reciprocally transplanted between two reefs, Raffles and Kusu, within the Port of Singapore, where corals face intense anthropogenic impacts. Pocillopora acuta had previously been shown to host distinct microbial communities between these two reefs. Amplicon sequencing (16S rRNA) was used to assess the coral microbiomes at 1, 2, 4, and 10 days post-transplantation. Coral microbiomes responded rapidly to transplantation, becoming similar to those of the local corals at the destination reef within one day at Raffles and within two days at Kusu. Elevated nitrate concentrations were detected at Raffles for the duration of the study, potentially influencing the microbiome’s response to transplantation. The persistence of corals within the port of Singapore highlights the ability of corals to adapt to stressful environments. Further, coral resilience appears to coincide with a dynamic microbiome which can undergo shifts in composition without succumbing to dysbiosis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00248-021-01793-w. Springer US 2021-06-19 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8979861/ /pubmed/34148107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01793-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Environmental Microbiology Deignan, Lindsey K. McDougald, Diane Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title | Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title_full | Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title_fullStr | Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title_full_unstemmed | Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title_short | Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore |
title_sort | differential response of the microbiome of pocillopora acuta to reciprocal transplantation within singapore |
topic | Environmental Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34148107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01793-w |
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