Genotype and host microbiome alter competitive interactions between Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella sorokiniana.

Harmful Algae
Kathryn C SchmidtVincent J Denef

Abstract

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) continue to increase in frequency and magnitude, threatening global freshwater ecosystems and services. In north-temperate lakes cyanobacteria appear in early summer, succeeding green algae as the dominant phytoplankton group, a pattern thought to be mediated by changes in temperature and bioavailable nutrients. To understand additional drivers of this successional pattern our study used reciprocal invasion experiments to examine the competitive interaction between Microcystis aeruginosa, a dominant contributor to cyanoHABs, and the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana. We considered two factors that may impact these interactions: (1) strain variation, with a specific emphasis on the presence or absence of the gene for the hepatotoxin microcystin, and (2) host-associated bacteria. We used toxic M. aeruginosa PCC 7806 (microcystin producing strain), a non-toxic mutant of PCC 7806, non-toxic M. aeruginosa PCC 9701 (non-microcystin producing strain), and C. sorokiniana. Each organism was available free of all bacteria (i.e., axenic) and with a re-introduced defined bacterial community to generate their xenic counterparts. Competitive interactions were assessed with reciprocal invasion ex...Continue Reading

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