Journal Articles Molecular Ecology Year : 2023

Phytoplanktonic species in the haloalkaline Lake Dziani Dzaha select their archaeal microbiome

Maxime Bruto

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Microorganisms are key contributors of aquatic biogeochemical cycles, but their microscale ecology remains largely unexplored, especially interactions occurring between phytoplankton and microorganisms in the phycosphere, i.e., the region immediately surrounding phytoplankton cells. The current study aimed to provide evidence of the phycosphere taking advantage of a unique hypersaline, hyperalkaline ecosystem, Lake Dziani Dzaha (Mayotte), where two phytoplanktonic species permanently co-dominate: a cyanobacterium, Arthrospira fusiformis, and a green microalga, Picocystis salinarum. To assay phycospheric microbial diversity from in situ sampling, we set up a flow cytometry cell-sorting methodology for both phytoplanktonic populations, coupled with metabarcoding and comparative microbiome diversity. We focused on archaeal communities as they represent a non-negligible part of the phycospheric diversity, however their role is poorly understood. This work is the first which successfully explores in situ archaeal diversity distribution showing contrasted phycospheric compositions, with P. salinarum phycosphere notably enriched in Woesearchaeales OTUs while A. fusiformis phycosphere was enriched in methanogenic lineages affiliated OTUs such as Methanomicrobiales or Methanofastidiosales. Most archaeal OTUs, including Woesearchaeales considered in literature as symbionts, were either ubiquitous or specific of the free-living microbiome (i.e., present in the 3-0.2µm fraction). Seminally, several

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hal-04277813 , version 1 (09-11-2023)

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Maxime Bruto, Phil M. Oger, Patrice Got, Cécile Bernard, Delphine Melayah, et al.. Phytoplanktonic species in the haloalkaline Lake Dziani Dzaha select their archaeal microbiome. Molecular Ecology, 2023, 32 (24), pp.6824-6838. ⟨10.1111/mec.17179⟩. ⟨hal-04277813⟩
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