Dichotomy between regulation of coral bacterial communities and calcification physiology under ocean acidification conditions

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dc.contributor.authorShore, A.
dc.contributor.authorDay, R. D.
dc.contributor.authorStewart, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorBurge, C.A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-08T16:49:08Z
dc.date.available2021-02-08T16:49:08Z
dc.description.abstractOcean acidification (OA) threatens the growth and function of coral reef ecosystems. A key component to coral health is the microbiome, but little is known about the impact of OA on coral microbiomes. A submarine CO2 vent at Maug Island in the Northern Marianas Islands provides a natural pH gradient to investigate coral responses to long-term OA conditions. Three coral species (Pocillopora eydouxi, Porites lobata, and Porites rus) were sampled from three sites where mean seawater pH is 8.04, 7.98, and 7.94. We characterized coral bacterial communities (using 16S rRNA gene sequencing) and determined pH of the extracellular calcifying fluid (ECF) (using skeletal boron isotopes) across the seawater pH gradient. Bacterial communities of both Porites species stabilized (decreases in community dispersion) with decreased seawater pH, coupled with large increases in the abundance of Endozoicomonas, an endosymbiont. P. lobata experienced a significant decrease in ECF pH near the vent, whereas P. rus experienced a trending decrease in ECF pH near the vent. By contrast, Pocillopora exhibited bacterial community destabilization (increases in community dispersion), with significant decreases in Endozoicomonas abundance, while its ECF pH remained unchanged across the pH gradient. Our study shows that OA has multiple consequences on Endozoicomonas abundance and suggests that Endozoicomonas abundance may be an indicator of coral response to OA. We reveal an interesting dichotomy between two facets of coral physiology (regulation of bacterial communities and regulation of calcification), highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to understanding coral health and function in a changing ocean.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank the crew of the R/V Hi’ialakai for technical support with sample collection. We would also like to thank the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank at the Hollings Marine Lab (Charleston, SC) for maintaining frozen samples and supporting sample pre-processing. We also thank Dr. Russell Hill and anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback which greatly improved this manuscript. This project was supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology-Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology Post-Doctoral Research Program in Environmental and Marine Science, award no. 70NANB15H269. Additional support was provided by start-up funds to CAB to the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the University of Maryland Baltimoreen_US
dc.description.urihttps://aem.asm.org/content/early/2020/12/21/AEM.02189-20.longen_US
dc.format.extent45 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles postprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2ijpn-lbqy
dc.identifier.citationA. Shore, R. D. Day, J. A. Stewart and C.A. Burge, Dichotomy between regulation of coral bacterial communities and calcification physiology under ocean acidification conditions, AEM, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02189-20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02189-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20972
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiologyen_US
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dc.titleDichotomy between regulation of coral bacterial communities and calcification physiology under ocean acidification conditionsen_US
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