Journal
MICROORGANISMS
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020187
Keywords
Dinophysis; nitrate; ammonium; urea; uptake rates; N-15 incubations; antibiotic treatment
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Funding
- Spanish project DINOMA (RETOS Programme) [CGL2013-48861-R]
- Spanish project (International Cooperation Programme) [PCIN-2015-252]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINEICO)
- [BES-2014-067832]
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Dinoflagellate species of Dinophysis are obligate mixotrophs that require light, nutrients, and prey for sustained growth. Information about their nitrogenous nutrient preferences and their uptake kinetics are scarce. This study aimed to determine the preferred nitrogen sources in cultures of D. acuminata and D. acuta strains from the Galician Rias Baixas (NW Spain) and to compare their uptake kinetics. Well-fed versus starved cultures of D. acuminata and D. acuta were supplied with N-15 labeled inorganic (nitrate, ammonium) and organic (urea) nutrients. Both species showed a preference for ammonium and urea whereas uptake of nitrate was negligible. Uptake rates by well-fed cells of D. acuminata and D. acuta were 200% and 50% higher, respectively, than by starved cells. Uptake of urea by D. acuminata was significantly higher than that of ammonium in both nutritional conditions. In contrast, similar uptake rates of both compounds were observed in D. acuta. The apparent inability of Dinophysis to take up nitrate suggests the existence of incomplete nitrate-reducing and assimilatory pathways, in line with the paucity of nitrate transporter homologs in the D. acuminata reference transcriptome. Results derived from this study will contribute to understand Harmful Algal Blooms succession and differences in the spatio-temporal distribution of the two Dinophysis species when they co-occur in stratified scenarios.
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