Bacterial Species Identified on the Skin of Bottlenose Dolphins Off Southern California via Next Generation Sequencing Techniques.

Autor: Russo CD; Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS, 39564, USA.; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Clinical Next Gen Sequencing Division, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA, 92008, USA., Weller DW; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA., Nelson KE; J. Craig Venter Institute, 4120 Capricorn Lane, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA., Chivers SJ; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA., Torralba M; J. Craig Venter Institute, 4120 Capricorn Lane, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA., Grimes DJ; Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS, 39564, USA. jay.grimes@usm.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Microbial ecology [Microb Ecol] 2018 Feb; Vol. 75 (2), pp. 303-309. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Oct 28.
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1071-2
Abstrakt: The dermis of cetaceans is in constant contact with microbial species. Although the skin of the bottlenose dolphin provides adequate defense against most disease-causing microbes, it also provides an environment for microbial community development. Microbial community uniqueness and richness associated with bottlenose dolphin skin is a function of varying habitats and changing environmental conditions. The current study uses ribosomal DNA as a marker to identify bacteria found on the skin of coastal and offshore bottlenose dolphins off of Southern California. The unique microbial communities recovered from these dolphins suggest a greater microbial diversity on the skin of offshore ecotype bottlenose dolphins, while microbial populations associated with the coastal ecotype include species that are more closely related to each other and that suggest exposure to communities that are likely to be associated with terrestrial runoff.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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