Functional profiles of phycospheric microorganisms during a marine dinoflagellate bloom

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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are an ecological concern but relatively few studies have investigated the functional potential of bacterioplankton over a complete algal bloom cycle, which is critical for determining their contribution to the fate of algal blooms. To address this point, we carried out a time-series metagenomic analysis of the functional features of microbial communities at three different Gymnodinium catenatum bloom stages (pre-, peak-, and post-bloom). Different microbial composition were observed during the blooming stages. The environmental parameters and correlation networks co-contribute to microbial variability, and the former explained 38.4% of total variations of the bacterioplankton community composition. Functionally, a range of pathways involved in carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur cycling were significantly different during the various HAB stages. Genes associated with carbohydrate-active enzymes, denitrification, and iron oxidation were enriched at the pre-bloom stage; genes involved in reductive citrate cycle for carbon fixation, carbon degradation, nitrification and phosphate transport were enhanced at the peak stage; and relative gene abundance related to sulfur oxidation, vitamin synthesis, and iron transport and storage was increased at the post-bloom stage. The ecological linkage analysis has shown that microbial functional potential especially the C/P/Fe metabolism were significantly linked to the fate of the algal blooms. Taken together, our results demonstrated that microorganisms displayed successional patterns not only at the community level, but also in the metabolic potential on HAB's progression. This work contributes to a growing understanding of microbial structural elasticity and functional plasticity and shed light on the potential mechanisms of microbial-mediated HAB trajectory.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:173

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Water research - 173(2020) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 115554

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bo-Ya [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xiao-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jian-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Yan-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Zhong-Hua [VerfasserIn]

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27YLU75U4W
Algal blooms
Journal Article
Matter cycle
Metagenomic
Microbial functional profiles
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Phosphorus

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Date Completed 06.04.2020

Date Revised 08.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.watres.2020.115554

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NLM30622917X