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Environmental Microbiology2019
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Pierre E. Galand
Franck Lartaud,
Marine Remize,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Marine Remize,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Erwan Péru,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Erwan Péru,
Erwan Péru,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Erwan Péru,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Erwan Péru,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Erwan Péru,
Franck Lartaud,
Erwan Péru,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Erwan Péru,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Pierre E. Galand
Pierre E. Galand
Pierre E. Galand
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Gilles Vétion,
Tim Jesper Suhrhoff,
Pierre E. Galand
Gilles Vétion,
Pierre E. Galand
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Audrey M. Pruski,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Nadine Le Bris,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Franck Lartaud,
Pierre E. Galand
Franck Lartaud,
Gilles Vétion,
Gilles Vétion,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Gilles Vétion,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Gilles Vétion,
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Franck Lartaud,
Franck Lartaud,
Pierre E. Galand
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Franck Lartaud,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Franck Lartaud,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Nadine Le Bris,
Nadine Le Bris,
Franck Lartaud,
Anne‐Leïla Meistertzheim,
Pierre E. Galand
Pierre E. Galand
Pierre E. Galand
Summary
Researchers found that diet significantly shapes the bacterial communities living in cold-water corals, with carnivorous and herbivorous diets producing distinct microbiomes. The study sheds light on the ecological factors driving microbial diversity in deep-sea coral ecosystems.
Different cold-water coral (CWC) species harbour distinct microbial communities and the community composition is thought to be linked to the ecological strategies of the host. Here we test whether diet shapes the composition of bacterial communities associated with CWC. We compared the microbiomes of two common CWC species in aquaria, Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata, when they were either starved, or fed respectively with a carnivorous diet, two different herbivorous diets, or a mix of the 3. We targeted both the standing stock (16S rDNA) and the active fraction (16S rRNA) of the bacterial communities and showed that in both species, the corals' microbiome was specific to the given diet. A part of the microbiome remained, however, species-specific, which indicates that the microbiome's plasticity is framed by the identity of the host. In addition, the storage lipid content of the coral tissue showed that different diets had different effects on the corals' metabolisms. The combined results suggest that L. pertusa may be preying preferentially on zooplankton while M. oculata may in addition use phytoplankton and detritus. The results cast a new light on coral microbiomes as they indicate that a portion of the CWC's bacterial community could represent a food influenced microbiome.