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Assessing the core microbial symbionts of jellyfish in Indonesian and Vietnamese marine lakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Marina R.S. Ferreira Open the ORCID record for Marina R.S. Ferreira [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel F.R. Cleary Open the ORCID record for Daniel F.R. Cleary [Opens in a new window] ,
Nguyen K. Bat ,
Ana R.M. Polónia Open the ORCID record for Ana R.M. Polónia [Opens in a new window]  and
Newton C.M. Gomes Open the ORCID record for Newton C.M. Gomes [Opens in a new window]
Marina R.S. Ferreira*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Daniel F.R. Cleary
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Nguyen K. Bat
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, 224 Le Lai, Haiphong, Vietnam
Ana R.M. Polónia
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Newton C.M. Gomes
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Author for correspondence: Marina R. S. Ferreira, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Jellyfish are a well-known component of marine ecosystems. Here, we aimed to assess whether populations of the jellyfish species Mastigias cf. papua and Cassiopea ornata inhabiting different marine lakes and jellyfish species from open water habitat host ‘core’ symbionts and if there is evidence of species-specific host-microbial associations. Compositionally, jellyfishes hosted prokaryotic communities distinct from those found in water samples. All jellyfish samples across habitats and species exhibited a core OTU, assigned to the genus Endozoicomonas. This OTU was particularly abundant (>90% of all sequences) in C. ornata from one Papuan marine lake. Additionally, an OTU assigned to the Entomoplasmatales order was found in all but two jellyfish specimens, and was particularly abundant in marine lake specimens from Berau and Papua, Indonesia. Given the well-known relationship between Endozoicomonas and Symbiodinium spp., we tested for Symbiodinium presence in pooled specimens of M. papua from Berau. Our results showed that OTUs assigned to the genus Symbiodinium accounted for >99% of all sequences in jellyfish-associated microeukaryotic communities; these were closely related to organisms from Symbiodinium clade C. These results suggest the existence of a widespread and abundant jellyfish core symbiont, which may interact with symbiotic Symbiodinium populations to influence host fitness.

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Anchialine systemsCassiopeaIlluminaMastigiasmicrobial composition
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 102 , Issue 7 , November 2022 , pp. 486 - 495
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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