Predominant heterotrophic diazotrophic bacteria are involved in Sargassum proliferation in the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.

Autor: Léger-Pigout M; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Navarro E; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Ménard F; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Ruitton S; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Le Loc'h F; Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France., Guasco S; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Munaron JM; Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France., Thibault D; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Changeux T; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Connan S; Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France., Stiger-Pouvreau V; Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France., Thibaut T; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France., Michotey V; Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The ISME journal [ISME J] 2024 Jan 08; Vol. 18 (1).
DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrad026
Abstrakt: Since 2011, the Caribbean coasts have been subject to episodic influxes of floating Sargassum seaweed of unprecedented magnitude originating from a new area "the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt" (GASB), leading in episodic influxes and mass strandings of floating Sargassum. For the biofilm of both holopelagic and benthic Sargassum as well as in the surrounding waters, we characterized the main functional groups involved in the microbial nitrogen cycle. The abundance of genes representing nitrogen fixation (nifH), nitrification (amoA), and denitrification (nosZ) showed the predominance of diazotrophs, particularly within the GASB and the Sargasso Sea. In both location, the biofilm associated with holopelagic Sargassum harboured a more abundant proportion of diazotrophs than the surrounding water. The mean δ15N value of the GASB seaweed was very negative (-2.04‰), and lower than previously reported, reinforcing the hypothesis that the source of nitrogen comes from the nitrogen-fixing activity of diazotrophs within this new area of proliferation. Analysis of the diversity of diazotrophic communities revealed for the first time the predominance of heterotrophic diazotrophic bacteria belonging to the phylum Proteobacteria in holopelagic Sargassum biofilms. The nifH sequences belonging to Vibrio genus (Gammaproteobacteria) and Filomicrobium sp. (Alphaproteobacteria) were the most abundant and reached, respectively, up to 46.0% and 33.2% of the community. We highlighted the atmospheric origin of the nitrogen used during the growth of holopelagic Sargassum within the GASB and a contribution of heterotrophic nitrogen-fixing bacteria to a part of the Sargassum proliferation.
(© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Microbial Ecology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE