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Main Authors: van Dijk, Jesper R, Geelhoed, Jeanine S, Ley, Philip, Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia, Portillo-Estrada, Miguel, Verbruggen, Erik, Meysman, Filip J R
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Environmental microbiology 2024
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39414566/
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author van Dijk, Jesper R
Geelhoed, Jeanine S
Ley, Philip
Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Verbruggen, Erik
Meysman, Filip J R
author_facet van Dijk, Jesper R
Geelhoed, Jeanine S
Ley, Philip
Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Verbruggen, Erik
Meysman, Filip J R
van Dijk, Jesper R
Geelhoed, Jeanine S
Ley, Philip
Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Verbruggen, Erik
Meysman, Filip J R
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Cable bacteria colonise new sediment environments through water column dispersal. van Dijk, Jesper R Geelhoed, Jeanine S Ley, Philip Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia Portillo-Estrada, Miguel Verbruggen, Erik Meysman, Filip J R Geologic Sediments Seawater Bacteria Oxygen Cable bacteria exhibit a unique metabolism involving long-distance electron transport, significantly impacting elemental cycling in various sediments. These long filamentous bacteria are distributed circumglobally, suggesting an effective mode of dispersal. However, oxygen strongly inhibits their activity, posing a challenge to their dispersal through the water column. We investigated the effective dispersal of marine cable bacteria in a compartmentalised microcosm experiment. Cable bacteria were grown in natural 'source' sediment, and their metabolic activity was recorded in autoclaved 'destination' cores, which were only accessible through oxygenated seawater. Colonisation occurred over weeks, and destination cores contained only one cable bacterium strain. Filament 'snippets' (fragments with a median size of ~15 cells) accumulated in the microcosm water, with about 30% of snippets attached to sediment particles. Snippet release was also observed in situ in a salt marsh creek. This provides a model for the dispersal of cable bacteria through oxygenated water: snippets are formed by filament breakage in the sediment, released into the overlying water and transported with sediment particles that likely offer protection. These insights are informative for broader theories on microbial community assembly and prokaryotic biogeography in marine sediments.
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spellingShingle Cable bacteria colonise new sediment environments through water column dispersal.
van Dijk, Jesper R
Geelhoed, Jeanine S
Ley, Philip
Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Verbruggen, Erik
Meysman, Filip J R
Geologic Sediments
Seawater
Bacteria
Oxygen
Cable bacteria colonise new sediment environments through water column dispersal. van Dijk, Jesper R Geelhoed, Jeanine S Ley, Philip Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia Portillo-Estrada, Miguel Verbruggen, Erik Meysman, Filip J R Geologic Sediments Seawater Bacteria Oxygen Cable bacteria exhibit a unique metabolism involving long-distance electron transport, significantly impacting elemental cycling in various sediments. These long filamentous bacteria are distributed circumglobally, suggesting an effective mode of dispersal. However, oxygen strongly inhibits their activity, posing a challenge to their dispersal through the water column. We investigated the effective dispersal of marine cable bacteria in a compartmentalised microcosm experiment. Cable bacteria were grown in natural 'source' sediment, and their metabolic activity was recorded in autoclaved 'destination' cores, which were only accessible through oxygenated seawater. Colonisation occurred over weeks, and destination cores contained only one cable bacterium strain. Filament 'snippets' (fragments with a median size of ~15 cells) accumulated in the microcosm water, with about 30% of snippets attached to sediment particles. Snippet release was also observed in situ in a salt marsh creek. This provides a model for the dispersal of cable bacteria through oxygenated water: snippets are formed by filament breakage in the sediment, released into the overlying water and transported with sediment particles that likely offer protection. These insights are informative for broader theories on microbial community assembly and prokaryotic biogeography in marine sediments.
title Cable bacteria colonise new sediment environments through water column dispersal.
topic Geologic Sediments
Seawater
Bacteria
Oxygen
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39414566/