Grbin, Dorotea; Geček, Sunčana; Miljanović, Anđela; Pavić, Dora; Hudina, Sandra; Žučko, Jurica; Rieder, Jessica; Pisano, Simone R R; Adrian-Kalchhauser, Irene; Bielen, Ana (2023). COMPARISON OF EXOSKELETON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF CO-OCCURRING NATIVE AND INVASIVE CRAYFISH SPECIES. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 201, p. 107996. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jip.2023.107996
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Host-associated microbial communities are an important determinant of individual fitness and have recently been highlighted as one of the factors influencing the success of invasive species. Invasive hosts introduce their microbes into the new environment, and then both the host and its associated microbes enter into a series of interactions with the native macroscopic and microscopic biota. As these processes are largely unexplored, we aimed to compare the exoskeletal microbial communities of co-occurring and phylogenetically related crayfish: the native narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus and the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus from the recently invaded Korana River, Croatia. The results of high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing showed that the exoskeletal microbiome of both species is very diverse, significantly influenced by the local environment and dominated by low abundance bacterial families from the phylum Proteobacteria. Furthermore, the exoskeletal microbiomes of the crayfish species differed significantly in the composition and abundance of Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), suggesting that they are to some extent shaped by species-specific intrinsic factors, despite sharing a common habitat. However, over 95% of the bacterial genera associated with the exoskeleton were detected in the exoskeleton samples of both native and invasive crayfish. We paid particular attention to two known crayfish pathogens, Aphanomyces astaci and Saprolegnia parasitica, and find that both species carry low amounts of both pathogens. On the side, we find that a non-standard ddPCR protocol outperforms standard qPCR test for A. astaci under low concentration conditions. Taken together, our results indicate the possibility of bidirectional mixing and homogenisation of exoskeleton microbiome. As such, they can serve as a baseline in future detangling of the processes that act together to shape the microbiomes of co-occuring native and invasive congeners during biological invasions.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rieder, Jessica Marie, Pisano, Simone Roberto Rolando, Adrian-Kalchhauser, Irene |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
1096-0805 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
05 Oct 2023 14:15 |
Last Modified: |
01 Oct 2024 00:25 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.jip.2023.107996 |
PubMed ID: |
37783231 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Aphanomyces astaci Saprolegnia parasitica microbiome homogenization narrow-clawed crayfish signal crayfish |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/186865 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186865 |