Diversity of the Pacific Ocean coral reef microbiome. Galand, P. E., Ruscheweyh, H., Salazar, G., Hochart, C., Henry, N., Hume, B. C. C., Oliveira, P. H., Perdereau, A., Labadie, K., Belser, C., Boissin, E., Romac, S., Poulain, J., Bourdin, G., Iwankow, G., Moulin, C., Armstrong, E. J., Paz-García, D. A., Ziegler, M., Agostini, S., Banaigs, B., Boss, E., Bowler, C., De Vargas, C., Douville, E., Flores, M., Forcioli, D., Furla, P., Gilson, E., Lombard, F., Pesant, S., Reynaud, S., Thomas, O. P., Troublé, R., Zoccola, D., Voolstra, C. R., Thurber, R. V., Sunagawa, S., Wincker, P., Allemand, D., & Planes, S. Nature Communications, 14(1):3039, June, 2023.
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Abstract Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They support high biodiversity of multicellular organisms that strongly rely on associated microorganisms for health and nutrition. However, the extent of the coral reef microbiome diversity and its distribution at the oceanic basin-scale remains to be explored. Here, we systematically sampled 3 coral morphotypes, 2 fish species, and planktonic communities in 99 reefs from 32 islands across the Pacific Ocean, to assess reef microbiome composition and biogeography. We show a very large richness of reef microorganisms compared to other environments, which extrapolated to all fishes and corals of the Pacific, approximates the current estimated total prokaryotic diversity for the entire Earth. Microbial communities vary among and within the 3 animal biomes (coral, fish, plankton), and geographically. For corals, the cross-ocean patterns of diversity are different from those known for other multicellular organisms. Within each coral morphotype, community composition is always determined by geographic distance first, both at the island and across ocean scale, and then by environment. Our unprecedented sampling effort of coral reef microbiomes, as part of the Tara Pacific expedition, provides new insight into the global microbial diversity, the factors driving their distribution, and the biocomplexity of reef ecosystems.
@article{galand_diversity_2023,
	title = {Diversity of the {Pacific} {Ocean} coral reef microbiome},
	volume = {14},
	issn = {2041-1723},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38500-x},
	doi = {10.1038/s41467-023-38500-x},
	abstract = {Abstract
            
              Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They support high biodiversity of multicellular organisms that strongly rely on associated microorganisms for health and nutrition. However, the extent of the coral reef microbiome diversity and its distribution at the oceanic basin-scale remains to be explored. Here, we systematically sampled 3 coral morphotypes, 2 fish species, and planktonic communities in 99 reefs from 32 islands across the Pacific Ocean, to assess reef microbiome composition and biogeography. We show a very large richness of reef microorganisms compared to other environments, which extrapolated to all fishes and corals of the Pacific, approximates the current estimated total prokaryotic diversity for the entire Earth. Microbial communities vary among and within the 3 animal biomes (coral, fish, plankton), and geographically. For corals, the cross-ocean patterns of diversity are different from those known for other multicellular organisms. Within each coral morphotype, community composition is always determined by geographic distance first, both at the island and across ocean scale, and then by environment. Our unprecedented sampling effort of coral reef microbiomes, as part of the
              Tara
              Pacific expedition, provides new insight into the global microbial diversity, the factors driving their distribution, and the biocomplexity of reef ecosystems.},
	language = {en},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2023-06-12},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	author = {Galand, Pierre E. and Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim and Salazar, Guillem and Hochart, Corentin and Henry, Nicolas and Hume, Benjamin C. C. and Oliveira, Pedro H. and Perdereau, Aude and Labadie, Karine and Belser, Caroline and Boissin, Emilie and Romac, Sarah and Poulain, Julie and Bourdin, Guillaume and Iwankow, Guillaume and Moulin, Clémentine and Armstrong, Eric J. and Paz-García, David A. and Ziegler, Maren and Agostini, Sylvain and Banaigs, Bernard and Boss, Emmanuel and Bowler, Chris and De Vargas, Colomban and Douville, Eric and Flores, Michel and Forcioli, Didier and Furla, Paola and Gilson, Eric and Lombard, Fabien and Pesant, Stéphane and Reynaud, Stéphanie and Thomas, Olivier P. and Troublé, Romain and Zoccola, Didier and Voolstra, Christian R. and Thurber, Rebecca Vega and Sunagawa, Shinichi and Wincker, Patrick and Allemand, Denis and Planes, Serge},
	month = jun,
	year = {2023},
	pages = {3039},
}

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