Species specific gene expression dynamics during harmful algal blooms.

ABSTRACT: Harmful algal blooms are caused by specific members of microbial communities. Understanding the dynamics of these events requires comparing the strategies developed by the problematic species to cope with environmental fluctuations to the ones developed by the other members of the community. During three consecutive years, the meta-transcriptome of micro-eukaryote communities was sequenced during blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum. The dataset was analyzed to investigate species specific gene expression dynamics. Major shifts in gene expression were explained by the succession of different species within the community. Although expression patterns were strongly correlated with fluctuation of the abiotic environment, and more specifically with nutrient concentration, tra

SUBMITTER: Metegnier G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7148311 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature