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ArticleOmics : a journal of integrative biology2016

Picoplankton Bloom in Global South? A High Fraction of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in Metagenomes from a Coastal Bay (Arraial do Cabo--Brazil).

Rafael R C Cuadrat, Isabel Ferrera, Hans-Peter Grossart, Alberto M R Dávila

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Article in Omics : a journal of integrative biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Rafael R C Cuadrat1 Computational and Systems Biology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute , Fiocruz, Brazil .
Isabel Ferrera2 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries , Berlin, Germany .
Hans-Peter Grossart2 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries , Berlin, Germany .
Alberto M R Dávila1 Computational and Systems Biology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute , Fiocruz, Brazil .
Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research · DEFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRInstitut Català de Ciències del Clima · ESLeibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries · DE

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Abstract

Marine habitats harbor a great diversity of microorganism from the three domains of life, only a small fraction of which can be cultivated. Metagenomic approaches are increasingly popular for addressing microbial diversity without culture, serving as sensitive and relatively unbiased methods for identifying and cataloging the diversity of nucleic acid sequences derived from organisms in environmental samples. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAP) play important roles in carbon and energy cycling in aquatic systems. In oceans, those bacteria are widely distributed; however, their abundance and importance are still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to estimate abundance and diversity of AAPs in metagenomes from an upwelling affected coastal bay in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil, using in silico screening for the anoxygenic photosynthesis core genes. Metagenomes from the Global Ocean Sample Expedition (GOS) were screened for comparative purposes. AAPs were highly abundant in the free-living bacterial fraction from Arraial do Cabo: 23.88% of total bacterial cells, compared with 15% in the GOS dataset. Of the ten most AAP abundant samples from GOS, eight were collected close to the Equator where solar irradiation is high year-round. We were able to assign most retrieved sequences to phylo-groups, with a particularly high abundance of Roseobacter in Arraial do Cabo samples. The high abundance of AAP in this tropical bay may be related to the upwelling phenomenon and subsequent picoplankton bloom. These results suggest a link between upwelling and light abundance and demonstrate AAP even in oligotrophic tropical and subtropical environments. Longitudinal studies in the Arraial do Cabo region are warranted to understand the dynamics of AAP at different locations and seasons, and the ecological role of these unique bacteria for biogeochemical and energy cycling in the ocean.

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Water MicrobiologyAerobiosisBaysBrazilGene FrequencyGenes, BacterialMetagenomeMolecular Sequence AnnotationPhylogenyPhytoplanktonRoseobacterSeawaterSequence Analysis, DNA

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