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- Title
Bacteria on the foundational kelp in kelp forest ecosystems: Insights from culturing, whole genome sequencing and metabolic assays.
- Authors
Younker, Isaac T.; Molnar, Nichos; Scorza, Kaylie; Weed, Roo; Light, Samuel H.; Pfister, Catherine A.
- Abstract
In coastal marine ecosystems, kelp forests serve as a vital habitat for numerous species and significantly influence local nutrient cycles. Bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana, is a foundational species in the iconic kelp forests of the northeast Pacific Ocean and harbours a complex microbial community with potential implications for kelp health. Here, we report the isolation and functional characterisation of 16 Nereocystis‐associated bacterial species, comprising 13 Gammaproteobacteria, 2 Flavobacteriia and 1 Actinomycetia. Genome analyses of these isolates highlight metabolisms potentially beneficial to the host, such as B vitamin synthesis and nitrogen retention. Assays revealed that kelp‐associated bacteria thrive on amino acids found in high concentrations in the ocean and in the kelp (glutamine and asparagine), generating ammonium that may facilitate host nitrogen acquisition. Multiple isolates have genes indicative of interactions with key elemental cycles in the ocean, including carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. We thus report a collection of kelp‐associated microbial isolates that provide functional insight for the future study of kelp–microbe interactions.
- Subjects
WHOLE genome sequencing; NITROGEN cycle; KELPS; NUTRIENT cycles; MICROBIAL diversity; VITAMIN B complex; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; MARINE ecology
- Publication
Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1758-2229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1758-2229.13270