Exploring the diversity-stability paradigm using sponge microbial communities

Scientific Reports
Bettina GlaslN S Webster

Abstract

A key concept in theoretical ecology is the positive correlation between biodiversity and ecosystem stability. When applying this diversity-stability concept to host-associated microbiomes, the following questions emerge: (1) Does microbial diversity influence the stability of microbiomes upon environmental fluctuations? (2) Do hosts that harbor high versus low microbial diversity differ in their stress response? To test the diversity-stability concept in host-associated microbiomes, we exposed six marine sponge species with varying levels of microbial diversity to non-lethal salinity disturbances and followed their microbial composition over time using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. No signs of sponge stress were evident following salinity amendment and microbiomes exhibited compositional resistance irrespective of their microbial diversity. Compositional stability of the sponge microbiome manifests itself at distinct host taxonomic and host microbial diversity groups, with (1) stable host genotype-specific microbiomes at oligotype-level; (2) stable host species-specific microbiomes at genus-level; and (3) stable and specific microbiomes at phylum-level for hosts with high versus low microbial diversity. The resistance of ...Continue Reading

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May 24, 2020·The ISME Journal·Paul A O'BrienDavid G Bourne
Sep 2, 2020·Environmental Microbiology·Heidi M LuterNicole S Webster
Jun 23, 2019·Microbiome·Bettina GlaslNicole S Webster
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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
SRP131926

Software Mentioned

DADA2
QIIME2
phyloseq
adonis2
ggplot2
FastTree
ANOSIM
R
MAFFT
vegan Multidimensional

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