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Exploring prokaryotic communities in the guts and mucus of nudibranchs, and their similarity to sediment and seawater microbiomes

Abstract

In the present study, we compared mucus and gut-associated prokaryotic communities from seven nudibranch species with sediment and seawater from Thai coral reefs using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The nudibranch species were identified as Doriprismatica atromarginata (family Chromodorididae), Jorunna funebris (family Discodorididae), Phyllidiella nigra, Phyllidiella pustulosa, Phyllidia carlsonhoffi, Phyllidia elegans, and Phyllidia picta (all family Phyllidiidae). The most abundant bacterial phyla in the dataset were Proteobacteria, Tenericutes, Chloroflexi, Thaumarchaeota, and Cyanobacteria. Mucus and gut-associated communities differed from one another and from sediment and seawater communities. Host phylogeny was, furthermore, a significant predictor of differences in mucus and gut-associated prokaryotic community composition. With respect to higher taxon abundance, the order Rhizobiales (Proteobacteria) was more abundant in Phyllidia species (mucus and gut), whereas the order Mycoplasmatales (Tenericutes) was more abundant in D. atromarginata and J. funebris. Mucus samples were, furthermore, associated with greater abundances of certain phyla including Chloroflexi, Poribacteria, and Gemmatimonadetes, taxa considered to be indicators for high microbial abundance (HMA) sponge species. Overall, our results indicated that nudibranch microbiomes consisted of a number of abundant prokaryotic members with high sequence similarities to organisms previously detected in sponges.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001050136800001

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Stuij, T.; Cleary, D.F.R.; Polónia, A.R.M.; Putchakarn, S.; Pires, A.C.C.; Gomes, N.C.M.; de Voogd, N.J. (2023). Exploring prokaryotic communities in the guts and mucus of nudibranchs, and their similarity to sediment and seawater microbiomes. Curr. Microbiol. 80(9): 294. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03397-8

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Marine

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open access

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