Subcuticular symbionts of intertidal brittle stars: diversity, host specificity, and functional potential.

Keisuke Kawano, Hiroyuki Morimura, Tatsuya Awano, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Shigeki Sawayama, Satoshi Nakagawa

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Keisuke KawanoDivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6644-1405

Hiroyuki MorimuraHokkaido Center, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8517, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7823-080X

Tatsuya AwanoDivision of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

Yoshitomo KikuchiHokkaido Center, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8517, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1651-2532

Shigeki SawayamaDivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-4469

Satoshi NakagawaDivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0215-8154

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Abstract

Echinoderms, widely distributed and abundant marine invertebrates, host diverse microbial communities, including subcuticular symbiotic bacteria (SCB). However, the diversity and functional roles of these bacteria remain largely unexplored in intertidal brittle stars. Here, we utilized both culture-dependent and -independent methods to investigate SCBs in three different intertidal brittle star species. Amplicon sequencing revealed distinct subcuticular microbiota among the three brittle star species, with

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brittle starKistimonasOphiarachnella gorgoniaSCBsubcuticular bacteriasymbiont

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PMID41821961

DOI10.1093/ismeco/ycag034

PMCPMC12978638

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