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Red, gold and green: microbial contribution of Rhodophyta and other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiome

dc.contributor.authorDíaz-Abad, Lucía
dc.contributor.authorBacco-Mannina, Natassia
dc.contributor.authorMiguel Madeira, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorSerrao, Ester
dc.contributor.authorRegalla, Aissa
dc.contributor.authorPatrício, Ana R.
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Frade, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T08:54:16Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T08:54:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-08
dc.date.updated2022-10-26T11:08:45Z
dc.description.abstractThe fitness of the endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) may be strongly affected by its gut microbiome, as microbes play important roles in host nutrition and health. This study aimed at establishing environmental microbial baselines that can be used to assess turtle health under altered future conditions. We characterized the microbiome associated with the gastrointestinal tract of green turtles from Guinea Bissau in different life stages and associated with their food items, using 16S rRNA metabarcoding. We found that the most abundant (% relative abundance) bacterial phyla across the gastrointestinal sections were Proteobacteria (68.1 ± 13.9% “amplicon sequence variants”, ASVs), Bacteroidetes (15.1 ± 10.1%) and Firmicutes (14.7 ± 21.7%). Additionally, we found the presence of two red algae bacterial indicator ASVs (the Alphaproteobacteria Brucella pinnipedialis with 75 ± 0% and a Gammaproteobacteria identified as methanotrophic endosymbiont of Bathymodiolus, with <1%) in cloacal compartments, along with six bacterial ASVs shared only between cloacal and local environmental red algae samples. We corroborate previous results demonstrating that green turtles fed on red algae (but, to a lower extent, also seagrass and brown algae), thus, acquiring microbial components that potentially aid them digest these food items. This study is a foundation for better understanding the microbial composition of sea turtle digestive tracts.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMicroorganisms 10 (10): 1988 (2022)pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/microorganisms10101988pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2607
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18451
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
dc.relationThe gastric cavity of corals as bioreactor fo ecosystem-scale microbial processes
dc.relationHotspots de biodiversidade genética em florestas marinhas
dc.relationMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre
dc.relationMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre
dc.relationAquatic Research Infrastructure Network
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subject16S rRNApt_PT
dc.subjectMicrobiotapt_PT
dc.subjecteDNApt_PT
dc.subjectChelonia mydaspt_PT
dc.subjectMetabarcodingpt_PT
dc.subjectMacrophytespt_PT
dc.subjectSea turtlespt_PT
dc.titleRed, gold and green: microbial contribution of Rhodophyta and other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiomept_PT
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oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1988pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMicroorganismspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume10pt_PT
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