Seasonal Dynamics of Epiphytic Microbial Communities on Marine Macrophyte Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Surfaces of marine macrophytes are inhabited by diverse microbial communities. Most studies focusing on epiphytic communities of macrophytes did not take into account temporal changes or applied low sampling frequency approaches. The seasonal dynamics of epiphytic microbial communities was determined in a meadow of Cymodocea nodosa invaded by Caulerpa cylindracea and in a monospecific settlement of C. cylindracea at monthly intervals. For comparison the ambient prokaryotic picoplankton community was also characterized. At the OTU level, the microbial community composition differed between the ambient water and the epiphytic communities exhibiting host-specificity. Also, successional changes were observed connected to the macrophyte growth cycle. Taxonomic analysis, how

SUBMITTER: Korlevic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482799 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature