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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 24, 期 5, 页码 2299-2314出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15962
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- Bioplatforms Australia
- Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) through the Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)
- Australian research community
This study used metatranscriptomic analysis to uncover the dynamic gene expression adjustments of sponge-associated symbionts in response to environmental variation. The findings revealed differences in metabolic activities and symbiotic interactions among different microbial symbionts, but a similarity in expression variation of stress-related genes. These dynamic adjustments contribute to holobiont stability and provide resilience against environmental change.
The diversity and function of sponge-associated symbionts is now increasingly understood; however, we lack an understanding of how they dynamically behave to ensure holobiont stability in the face of environmental variation. Here, we performed a metatransciptomic analysis on three microbial symbionts of the sponge Cymbastela concentrica in situ over 14 months and through differential gene expression and correlation analysis to environmental variables uncovered differences that speak to their metabolic activities and level of symbiotic and environmental interactions. The nitrite-oxidizing Ca. Porinitrospira cymbastela maintained a seemingly stable metabolism, with the few differentially expressed genes related only to stress responses. The heterotrophic Ca. Porivivens multivorans displayed differential use of holobiont-derived compounds and respiration modes, while the ammonium-oxidizing archaeon Ca. Nitrosopumilus cymbastelus differentially expressed genes related to phosphate metabolism and symbiosis effectors. One striking similarity between the symbionts was their similar variation in expression of stress-related genes. Our time-series study showed that the microbial community of C. concentrica undertakes dynamic gene expression adjustments in response to the surroundings, tuned to deal with general stress and metabolic interactions between holobiont members. The success of these dynamic adjustments likely underpins the stability of the sponge holobiont and may provide resilience against environmental change.
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