ArticleMolecular ecology2022
Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed.
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- The role of microbiota in kelp gametophyte development and resilience to thermal stress.Journal of phycology · 2025Article
- Year-Round Quantification, Structure and Dynamics of Epibacterial Communities From Diverse Macroalgae Reveal a Persistent Core Microbiota and Strong Host Specificities.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Epiphytic microbiome associated with intertidal seaweeds in the Mediterranean Sea: comparative analysis of bacterial communities across seaweed phyla.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographical distance.Annals of botany · 2024Article
- Multiscale Spatial Variability and Stability in the Structure and Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Kelp Eisenia cokeri in Peru.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Spatial patterns in host-associated and free-living bacterial communities across six temperate estuaries.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2023Article
- Consistency and Variation in the Kelp Microbiota: Patterns of Bacterial Community Structure Across Spatial Scales.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
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- Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed.Molecular ecology · 2022Article
- Cultivation of different seaweed species and seasonal changes cause divergence of the microbial community in coastal seawaters.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Interactions between hosts and their microbiota are vital to the functioning and resilience of macro-organisms. Critically, for hosts that play foundational roles in communities, understanding what drives host-microbiota interactions is essential for informing ecosystem restoration and conservation. We investigated the relative influence of host traits and the surrounding environment on microbial communities associated with the foundational seaweed Phyllospora comosa. We quantified 16 morphological and functional phenotypic traits, including host genetics (using 354 single nucleotide polymorphisms) and surface-associated microbial communities (using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing) from 160 individuals sampled from eight sites spanning Phyllospora's entire latitudinal distribution (1,300 km). Combined, these factors explained 54% of the overall variation in Phyllospora's associated microbial community structure, much of which was related to the local environment (~32%). We found that putative "core" microbial taxa (i.e., present on all Phyllospora individuals sampled) exhibited slightly higher associations with host traits when compared to "variable" taxa (not present on all individuals). We identified several key genetic loci and phenotypic traits in Phyllospora that were strongly related to multiple microbial amplicon sequence variants, including taxa with known associations to seaweed defence, disease and tissue degradation. This information on how host-associated microbial communities vary with host traits and the environment enhances our current understanding of how "holobionts" (hosts plus their microbiota) are structured. Such understanding can be used to inform management strategies of these important and vulnerable habitats.
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