FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Chemosynthetic ectosymbionts associated with a shallow-water marine nematode BT AF Bellec, Laure CAMBON BONAVITA, Marie-Anne Hourdez, Stéphane Jebbar, Mohamed Tasiemski, Aurélie Durand, Lucile Gayet, Nicolas Zeppilli, Daniela AS 1:1,2,3,4;2:2,3,4;3:5;4:3,4;5:6;6:2,3,4;7:1;8:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE;7:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;8:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP; C1 IFREMER, Centre Brest, REM/EEP/LEP, ZI de la pointe du diable, CS10070, 29280, Plouzané, France IFREMER, Univ Brest, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, F-29280, Plouzané, France CNRS, UMR 6197-Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LM2E), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Technopole Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France Université Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), UMR 6197 - Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LM2E), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Technopole Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France Station biologique de Roscoff, UMR 7144 CNRS-SU, Adaptation and Biology of Invertebrates in Extreme Environment team, Place G. Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France Université Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 - Evo-Eco-Paleo, SPICI group, 59000, Lille, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV LILLE, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-EEP-LMEE PDG-REM-EEP-LEP UM BEEP-LM2E IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.998 TC 12 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00494/60614/64098.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00494/60614/64099.pdf LA English DT Article AB Prokaryotes and free-living nematodes are both very abundant and co-occur in marine environments, but little is known about their possible association. Our objective was to characterize the microbiome of a neglected but ecologically important group of free-living benthic nematodes of the Oncholaimidae family. We used a multi-approach study based on microscopic observations (Scanning Electron Microscopy and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) coupled with an assessment of molecular diversity using metabarcoding based on the 16S rRNA gene. All investigated free-living marine nematode specimens harboured distinct microbial communities (from the surrounding water and sediment and through the seasons) with ectosymbiosis seemed more abundant during summer. Microscopic observations distinguished two main morphotypes of bacteria (rod-shaped and filamentous) on the cuticle of these nematodes, which seemed to be affiliated to Campylobacterota and Gammaproteobacteria, respectively. Both ectosymbionts belonged to clades of bacteria usually associated with invertebrates from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The presence of the AprA gene involved in sulfur metabolism suggested a potential for chemosynthesis in the nematode microbial community. The discovery of potential symbiotic associations of a shallow-water organism with taxa usually associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents, is new for Nematoda, opening new avenues for the study of ecology and bacterial relationships with meiofauna. PY 2019 PD MAY SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 9 IS 1 UT 000467137300018 DI 10.1038/s41598-019-43517-8 ID 60614 ER EF