The Saccharina latissima microbiome: Effects of region, season, and physiology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Saccharina latissima is a canopy-forming species of brown algae and, as such, is considered an ecosystem engineer. Several populations of this alga are exploited worldwide, and a decrease in the abundance of S. latissima at its southern distributional range limits has been observed. Despite its economic and ecological interest, only a few data are available on the composition of microbiota associated with S. latissima and its role in algal physiologyn.

Methods

We studied the whole bacterial community composition associated with S. latissima samples from three locations (Brittany, Helgoland, and Skagerrak) by 16S metabarcoding analyses at different scales: algal blade part, regions, season (at one site), and algal physiologic state.

SUBMITTER: Burgunter-Delamare B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9858215 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature