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qPCR-based relative quantification of the brown algal endophyte Laminarionema elsbetiae in Saccharina latissima: variation and dynamics of host—endophyte interactions

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Morphological changes-such as dark spots, twisted stipes and deformed blades-have been observed in wild and cultivated Saccharina latissima. The putative cause for the disease symptoms is the filamentous endophytic brown alga Laminarionema elsbetiae, which is known to invade stipes and fronds of its hosts. Little is known about this interaction and its occurrence in the field, although former studies indicated high endophyte prevalence in kelp populations. Previous epidemiological studies on kelp endophytes were mainly based on the examination of microscopic sections, followed by time-consuming isolation and cultivation steps in order to identify the endophyte and a reliable method to quantify endophyte infections was missing. As a novel approach, we established and validated a qPCR assay for relative quantification of the endophyte L. elsbetiae within its host S. latissima, which allows to examine both, the prevalence of endophytic algae and the severity of infections. The assay was shown to be highly specific and suitable to reliably detect small amounts of endophyte DNA in the host. Using this method, we detected very high endophyte prevalence in the investigated kelp populations, up to 100% in young S. latissima sporophytes in Brittany during spring. Furthermore, our results suggest that Saccharina sporophytes are infected early in their life and that seasonality and environmental factors have a significant impact on infection rates. In the future, this approach could also be applied to study other host-endophyte pairs using specific primers.
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hal-01927137 , version 1 (19-11-2018)

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Miriam Bernard, Sylvie Rousvoal, Bertrand Jacquemin, Marion Ballenghien, Akira F Peters, et al.. qPCR-based relative quantification of the brown algal endophyte Laminarionema elsbetiae in Saccharina latissima: variation and dynamics of host—endophyte interactions. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2018, 30 (5), pp.2901-2911. ⟨10.1007/s10811-017-1367-0⟩. ⟨hal-01927137⟩
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