Impacts of environmental stress on resistance and resilience of algal-associated bacterial communities.

ABSTRACT: Algal-associated bacteria are fundamental to the ecological success of marine green macroalgae such as Caulerpa. The resistance and resilience of algal-associated microbiota to environmental stress can promote algal health and genetic adaptation to changing environments. The composition of bacterial communities has been shown to be unique to algal morphological niches. Therefore, the level of response to various environmental perturbations may in fact be different for each niche-specific community. Factorial in situ experiments were set up to investigate the effect of nutrient enrichment and temperature stress on the bacterial communities associated with Caulerpa cylindracea. Bacteria were characterized using the 16S rRNA gene, and the community compositions were compared bet

SUBMITTER: Morrissey KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature