Herein, we investigated for the first time the microbiota from the hepatopancreas of the talitrid amphipod Orchestia montagui and the oniscidean isopod Tylos ponticus, two crustacean species associated with beached leaves of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (Posidonia banquette). We carried out a metabarcoding analysis based on several hypervariable regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. At the same time, three representative habitats of the supralittoral zone, namely leaf surface of Posidonia banquette, sandy shore and surface seawater were examined by means of bacterial metabarcoding analysis. Our data analyses indicated that the bacterial microbiota from the hepatopancreas and that from the marine habitats form distinct groups in terms of the taxonomic composition. Comparative analyses revealed that some bacteria were associated with the hepatopancreas of the syntopic O. montagui and T. ponticus but were not detected in the supralittoral habitats. This suggests that distinct components of the microbial community may be uniquely adapted within the hepatopancreas. The microbiota from the hepatopancreas of O. montagui was more complex than that of T. ponticus. However, the putative presence of polysaccharide-degrading bacteria in both species indicated symbiotic microbiomes that might be involved in the functionality of the hepatopancreas. A deeper understanding of halophilic hepatopancreatic symbionts in the supralittoral zone also has broad relevance to applied research, particularly to the biotechnological sector related to marine biomass conversion.

Discovering symbiosis in the supralittoral: bacterial metabarcoding analysis from the hepatopancreas of Orchestia and Tylos (Crustacea) / Russini, Valeria; Fassio, Giulia; Chimenti, Claudio; Davolos, Domenico. - In: SYMBIOSIS. - ISSN 1362-7902. - (2021). [10.1007/s13199-021-00749-5]

Discovering symbiosis in the supralittoral: bacterial metabarcoding analysis from the hepatopancreas of Orchestia and Tylos (Crustacea)

Valeria Russini
Primo
;
Giulia Fassio
Secondo
;
Claudio Chimenti
Penultimo
;
2021

Abstract

Herein, we investigated for the first time the microbiota from the hepatopancreas of the talitrid amphipod Orchestia montagui and the oniscidean isopod Tylos ponticus, two crustacean species associated with beached leaves of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (Posidonia banquette). We carried out a metabarcoding analysis based on several hypervariable regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. At the same time, three representative habitats of the supralittoral zone, namely leaf surface of Posidonia banquette, sandy shore and surface seawater were examined by means of bacterial metabarcoding analysis. Our data analyses indicated that the bacterial microbiota from the hepatopancreas and that from the marine habitats form distinct groups in terms of the taxonomic composition. Comparative analyses revealed that some bacteria were associated with the hepatopancreas of the syntopic O. montagui and T. ponticus but were not detected in the supralittoral habitats. This suggests that distinct components of the microbial community may be uniquely adapted within the hepatopancreas. The microbiota from the hepatopancreas of O. montagui was more complex than that of T. ponticus. However, the putative presence of polysaccharide-degrading bacteria in both species indicated symbiotic microbiomes that might be involved in the functionality of the hepatopancreas. A deeper understanding of halophilic hepatopancreatic symbionts in the supralittoral zone also has broad relevance to applied research, particularly to the biotechnological sector related to marine biomass conversion.
2021
Metabarcoding; Hepatopancreas; Symbiosis; Marine bacteria; Posidonia banquette; Crustacea
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Discovering symbiosis in the supralittoral: bacterial metabarcoding analysis from the hepatopancreas of Orchestia and Tylos (Crustacea) / Russini, Valeria; Fassio, Giulia; Chimenti, Claudio; Davolos, Domenico. - In: SYMBIOSIS. - ISSN 1362-7902. - (2021). [10.1007/s13199-021-00749-5]
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