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Article: Quality or quantity: Is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance?

TitleQuality or quantity: Is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance?
Authors
KeywordsCyanobacteria
Microbial symbionts
Nutrient exchange
Porifera
Stable isotopes
Symbiosis
Issue Date2013
PublisherNature Publishing Group.
Citation
The ISME Journal, 2013, v. 7 n. 6, p. 1116-1125 How to Cite?
AbstractBy forming symbiotic interactions with microbes, many animals and plants gain access to the products of novel metabolic pathways. We investigated the transfer of symbiont-derived carbon and nitrogen to the sponges Aplysina cauliformis, Aplysina fulva, Chondrilla caribensis, Neopetrosia subtriangularis and Xestospongia bocatorensis, all of which host abundant microbial populations, and Niphates erecta, which hosts a sparse symbiont community. We incubated sponges in light and dark bottles containing seawater spiked with (13)C- and (15)N-enriched inorganic compounds and then measured (13)C and (15)N enrichment in the microbial (nutrient assimilation) and sponge (nutrient transfer) fractions. Surprisingly, although most sponges hosting abundant microbial communities were more enriched in (13)C than N. erecta, only N. subtriangularis was more enriched in (15)N than N. erecta. Although photosymbiont abundance varied substantially across species, (13)C and (15)N enrichment was not significantly correlated with photosymbiont abundance. Enrichment was significantly correlated with the ratio of gross productivity to respiration (P:R), which varied across host species and symbiont phylotype. Because irradiance impacts P:R ratios, we also incubated A. cauliformis in (13)C-enriched seawater under different irradiances to determine whether symbiont carbon fixation and transfer are dependent on irradiance. Carbon fixation and transfer to the sponge host occurred in all treatments, but was greatest at higher irradiances and was significantly correlated with P:R ratios. Taken together, these results demonstrate that nutrient transfer from microbial symbionts to host sponges is influenced more by host-symbiont identities and P:R ratios than by symbiont abundance.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181324
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dc.contributor.authorFreeman, CJ-
dc.contributor.authorThacker, RW-
dc.contributor.authorBaker, DM-
dc.contributor.authorFogel, ML-
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-26T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.available2013-02-26T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationThe ISME Journal, 2013, v. 7 n. 6, p. 1116-1125-
dc.identifier.issn1751-7362-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181324-
dc.description.abstractBy forming symbiotic interactions with microbes, many animals and plants gain access to the products of novel metabolic pathways. We investigated the transfer of symbiont-derived carbon and nitrogen to the sponges Aplysina cauliformis, Aplysina fulva, Chondrilla caribensis, Neopetrosia subtriangularis and Xestospongia bocatorensis, all of which host abundant microbial populations, and Niphates erecta, which hosts a sparse symbiont community. We incubated sponges in light and dark bottles containing seawater spiked with (13)C- and (15)N-enriched inorganic compounds and then measured (13)C and (15)N enrichment in the microbial (nutrient assimilation) and sponge (nutrient transfer) fractions. Surprisingly, although most sponges hosting abundant microbial communities were more enriched in (13)C than N. erecta, only N. subtriangularis was more enriched in (15)N than N. erecta. Although photosymbiont abundance varied substantially across species, (13)C and (15)N enrichment was not significantly correlated with photosymbiont abundance. Enrichment was significantly correlated with the ratio of gross productivity to respiration (P:R), which varied across host species and symbiont phylotype. Because irradiance impacts P:R ratios, we also incubated A. cauliformis in (13)C-enriched seawater under different irradiances to determine whether symbiont carbon fixation and transfer are dependent on irradiance. Carbon fixation and transfer to the sponge host occurred in all treatments, but was greatest at higher irradiances and was significantly correlated with P:R ratios. Taken together, these results demonstrate that nutrient transfer from microbial symbionts to host sponges is influenced more by host-symbiont identities and P:R ratios than by symbiont abundance.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group.-
dc.relation.ispartofThe ISME Journal-
dc.subjectCyanobacteria-
dc.subjectMicrobial symbionts-
dc.subjectNutrient exchange-
dc.subjectPorifera-
dc.subjectStable isotopes-
dc.subjectSymbiosis-
dc.titleQuality or quantity: Is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailBaker, DM: dmbaker@hku.hk-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ismej.2013.7-
dc.identifier.pmid23407307-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84878331217-
dc.identifier.hkuros218919-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000319333600006-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl1751-7362-

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