Summer shifts of bacterial communities associated with the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum are location and tissue dependent.

ABSTRACT: Seaweed-associated microbiota experience spatial and temporal shifts in response to changing environmental conditions and seaweed physiology. These shifts may result in structural, functional and behavioral changes in the host with potential consequences for its fitness. They, thus, may help the host to adapt to changing environmental conditions. The current knowledge of seasonal variation of seaweed-associated microbiota is however still limited. In this study, we explored temporal and spatial variation of microbial communities associated with the invasive brown seaweed S. muticum. We sampled in northern and southern Portugal, in September, March and July-August (summer). In addition, as (pseudo-)perennial seaweeds display seasonal reproductive phenology, we sampled various parts of the i

SUBMITTER: Serebryakova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281184 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature