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TI Diazotrophic community and associated dinitrogen fixation within the temperate coral Oculina patagonica
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AF BEDNARZ, Vanessa N.
   VAN DE WATER, Jeroen A. J. M.
   RABOUILLE, Sophie
   MAGUER, Jean-Francois
   GROVER, Renaud
   FERRIER-PAGES, Christine
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2,3;4:4;5:1;6:1;
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C1 Ctr Sci Monaco, Marine Dept, 8 Quai Antoine Ier, MC-98000 Monaco, Monaco.
   UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, UMR 7093, LOV,Observ Oceanol, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, Observ Oceanol, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   Inst Univ Europeen Mer, LEMAR, UMR 6539, UBO,CNRS,IRD, Pl Nicolas Copernic, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 CTR SCI MONACO, MONACO
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   UBO, FRANCE
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 4.933
TC 24
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71677/87070.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Dinitrogen (N-2) fixing bacteria (diazotrophs) are an important source of new nitrogen in oligotrophic environments and represent stable members of the microbiome in tropical corals, while information on corals from temperate oligotrophic regions is lacking. Therefore, this study provides new insights into the diversity and activity of diazotrophs associated with the temperate coral Oculina patagonica from the Mediterranean Sea by combining metabarcoding sequencing of amplicons of both the 16S rRNA and nifH genes and N-15(2) stable isotope tracer analysis to assess diazotroph-derived nitrogen (DDN) assimilation by the coral. Results show that the diazotrophic community of O. patagonica is dominated by autotrophic bacteria (i.e. Cyanobacteria and Chlorobia). The majority of DDN was assimilated into the tissue and skeletal matrix, and DDN assimilation significantly increased in bleached corals. Thus, diazotrophs may constitute an additional nitrogen source for the coral host, when nutrient exchange with Symbiodinium is disrupted (e.g. bleaching) and external food supply is limited (e.g. oligotrophic summer season). Furthermore, we hypothesize that DDN can facilitate the fast proliferation of endolithic algae, which provide an alternative carbon source for bleached O. patagonica. Overall, O. patagonica could serve as a good model for investigating the importance of diazotrophs in coral recovery from bleaching. 
PY 2019
PD JAN
SO Environmental Microbiology
SN 1462-2912
PU Wiley
VL 21
IS 1
UT 000456278900034
BP 480
EP 495
DI 10.1111/1462-2920.14480
ID 71677
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