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Cultivating the macroalgal holobiont: effects of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture on the microbiome of Ulva rigida (chlorophyta)

dc.contributor.authorCalifano, Gianmaria
dc.contributor.authorKwantes, Michiel
dc.contributor.authorAbreu, Maria Helena
dc.contributor.authorDa Silva Costa, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorWichard, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-20T11:26:59Z
dc.date.available2020-03-20T11:26:59Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractUlva is a ubiquitous macroalgal genus of commercial interest. Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) systems promise large-scale production of macroalgae due to their high productivity and environmental sustainability. Complex host-microbiome interactions play a decisive role in macroalgal development, especially in Ulva spp. due to algal growth- and morphogenesis-promoting factors released by associated bacteria. However, our current understanding of the microbial community assembly and structure in cultivated macroalgae is scant. We aimed to determine (i) to what extent IMTA settings influence the microbiome associated with U. rigida and its rearing water, (ii) to explore the dynamics of beneficial microbes to algal growth and development under IMTA settings, and (iii) to improve current knowledge of host-microbiome interactions. We examined the diversity and taxonomic composition of the prokaryotic communities associated with wild versus IMTA-grown Ulva rigida and surrounding seawater by using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. With 3141 Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), the prokaryotic richness was, overall, higher in water than in association with U. rigida. Bacterial ASVs were more abundant in aquaculture water samples than water collected from the lagoon. The beta diversity analysis revealed distinct prokaryotic communities associated with Ulva collected in both aquacultures and coastal waters. Aquaculture samples (water and algae) shared 22% of ASVs, whereas natural, coastal lagoon samples only 9%. While cultivated Ulva selected 239 (8%) host-specific ASVs, wild specimens possessed more than twice host-specific ASVs (17%). Cultivated U. rigida specimens enriched the phyla Cyanobacteria, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Proteobacteria. Within the Gammaproteobacteria, while Glaciecola mostly dominated the microbiome in cultivated algae, the genus Granulosicoccus characterized both Ulva microbiomes. In both wild and IMTA settings, the phylum Bacteroidetes was more abundant in the bacterioplankton than in direct association with U. rigida. However, we observed that the Saprospiraceae family within this phylum was barely present in lagoon water but very abundant in aquaculture water. Aquaculture promoted the presence of known morphogenesis-inducing bacteria in water samples. Our study suggests that IMTA significantly shaped the structure and composition of the microbial community of the rearing water and cultivated U. rigida. Detailed analysis revealed the presence of previously undetected taxa associated with Ulva, possessing potentially unknown functional traits.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union (EU)642575; German Research Foundation (DFG) CRC 1127 ChemBioSys;COST Action "Phycomorph" FA1406pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00052pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13628
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediapt_PT
dc.relationThe Algal Microbiome: Friends and Foes
dc.subjectAlgal morphogenesispt_PT
dc.subjectBlue economypt_PT
dc.subjectGreen algaept_PT
dc.subjectHost–microbe interactionspt_PT
dc.subjectIMTApt_PT
dc.subjectInfochemicalspt_PT
dc.subjectMorphogenpt_PT
dc.subjectSea lettucept_PT
dc.titleCultivating the macroalgal holobiont: effects of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture on the microbiome of Ulva rigida (chlorophyta)pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleThe Algal Microbiome: Friends and Foes
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/642575/EU
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Marine Sciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume7pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
person.familyNameCalifano
person.familyNameda Silva Costa
person.givenNameGianmaria
person.givenNameRodrigo
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person.identifier.ciencia-id5917-D500-D251
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1868-3738
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-5932-4101
person.identifier.ridN-7274-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57192871486
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7203063627
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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