Particle-attached Microbes in Eelgrass Vegetation Areas Differ in Community Structure Depending on the Distance from the Eelgrass Bed.

ABSTRACT: Zostera marina (eelgrass) is a submerged flowering plant often found in the coastal areas of Japan. Large amounts of suspended particles form in highly productive environments, such as eelgrass beds, and the behavior of these particles is expected to affect the surrounding microbial community. We investigated the microbial community structure of suspended particles in three eelgrass fields (Ikuno-Shima Is., Mutsu Bay, and Nanao Bay) and inferred the formation and dynamics of suspended particles from a microbial community structure ana-lysis. Seawater samples were collected directly above each eelgrass bed (eelgrass-covering) and from locations dozens of meters away from the eelgrass bed (bare-ground). In consideration of the two different lifestyles of marine microbes, microbial communitie

SUBMITTER: Iqbal MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522840 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature