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Main Authors: Yang, Xinyuan, Gao, Shuxuan, Kong, Xiangxian, Gao, Fei, Xu, Qiang
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Environmental microbiology 2026
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41933494/
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author Yang, Xinyuan
Gao, Shuxuan
Kong, Xiangxian
Gao, Fei
Xu, Qiang
author_facet Yang, Xinyuan
Gao, Shuxuan
Kong, Xiangxian
Gao, Fei
Xu, Qiang
Yang, Xinyuan
Gao, Shuxuan
Kong, Xiangxian
Gao, Fei
Xu, Qiang
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Host Filtering Overrides Environmental Heterogeneity in Shaping Sea Cucumber Gut Microbiomes. Yang, Xinyuan Gao, Shuxuan Kong, Xiangxian Gao, Fei Xu, Qiang Animals Gastrointestinal Microbiome Geologic Sediments RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Bacteria Sea Cucumbers Ecosystem Phylogeny Gut microbiomes play critical roles in host physiology and ecological contributions of sea cucumbers in tropical coral reefs. However, the relative importance of host filtering versus environmental factors in gut microbiome assembly remains poorly quantified in natural populations. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and sediment physicochemical analyses, this study characterized gut microbiomes of three co-occurring sea cucumber species (Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis and Stichopus chloronotus) across heterogeneous habitats. Despite significant spatial variation in sediment properties and microbial communities, all three sea cucumber species maintained species-specific and stable gut microbiomes across sites. Although source tracking identified sediment as the primary microbial reservoir, variation partitioning revealed that host filtering far overrode environmental heterogeneity, with sediment physicochemical properties explaining a negligible fraction (
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spellingShingle Host Filtering Overrides Environmental Heterogeneity in Shaping Sea Cucumber Gut Microbiomes.
Yang, Xinyuan
Gao, Shuxuan
Kong, Xiangxian
Gao, Fei
Xu, Qiang
Animals
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Geologic Sediments
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Bacteria
Sea Cucumbers
Ecosystem
Phylogeny
Host Filtering Overrides Environmental Heterogeneity in Shaping Sea Cucumber Gut Microbiomes. Yang, Xinyuan Gao, Shuxuan Kong, Xiangxian Gao, Fei Xu, Qiang Animals Gastrointestinal Microbiome Geologic Sediments RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Bacteria Sea Cucumbers Ecosystem Phylogeny Gut microbiomes play critical roles in host physiology and ecological contributions of sea cucumbers in tropical coral reefs. However, the relative importance of host filtering versus environmental factors in gut microbiome assembly remains poorly quantified in natural populations. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and sediment physicochemical analyses, this study characterized gut microbiomes of three co-occurring sea cucumber species (Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis and Stichopus chloronotus) across heterogeneous habitats. Despite significant spatial variation in sediment properties and microbial communities, all three sea cucumber species maintained species-specific and stable gut microbiomes across sites. Although source tracking identified sediment as the primary microbial reservoir, variation partitioning revealed that host filtering far overrode environmental heterogeneity, with sediment physicochemical properties explaining a negligible fraction (
title Host Filtering Overrides Environmental Heterogeneity in Shaping Sea Cucumber Gut Microbiomes.
topic Animals
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Geologic Sediments
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Bacteria
Sea Cucumbers
Ecosystem
Phylogeny
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41933494/