Nature Communications (Jun 2023)
Diversity of the Pacific Ocean coral reef microbiome
- Pierre E. Galand,
- Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh,
- Guillem Salazar,
- Corentin Hochart,
- Nicolas Henry,
- Benjamin C. C. Hume,
- Pedro H. Oliveira,
- Aude Perdereau,
- Karine Labadie,
- Caroline Belser,
- Emilie Boissin,
- Sarah Romac,
- Julie Poulain,
- Guillaume Bourdin,
- Guillaume Iwankow,
- Clémentine Moulin,
- Eric J. Armstrong,
- David A. Paz-García,
- Maren Ziegler,
- Sylvain Agostini,
- Bernard Banaigs,
- Emmanuel Boss,
- Chris Bowler,
- Colomban de Vargas,
- Eric Douville,
- Michel Flores,
- Didier Forcioli,
- Paola Furla,
- Eric Gilson,
- Fabien Lombard,
- Stéphane Pesant,
- Stéphanie Reynaud,
- Olivier P. Thomas,
- Romain Troublé,
- Didier Zoccola,
- Christian R. Voolstra,
- Rebecca Vega Thurber,
- Shinichi Sunagawa,
- Patrick Wincker,
- Denis Allemand,
- Serge Planes
Affiliations
- Pierre E. Galand
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls
- Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh
- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zürich
- Guillem Salazar
- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zürich
- Corentin Hochart
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls
- Nicolas Henry
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Benjamin C. C. Hume
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Pedro H. Oliveira
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Aude Perdereau
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Karine Labadie
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Caroline Belser
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Emilie Boissin
- PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Laboratoire d’Excellence CORAIL, Université de Perpignan
- Sarah Romac
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, AD2M, UMR 7144, ECOMAP
- Julie Poulain
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Guillaume Bourdin
- School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
- Guillaume Iwankow
- PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Laboratoire d’Excellence CORAIL, Université de Perpignan
- Clémentine Moulin
- Fondation Tara Océan
- Eric J. Armstrong
- PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Laboratoire d’Excellence CORAIL, Université de Perpignan
- David A. Paz-García
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR)
- Maren Ziegler
- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen
- Sylvain Agostini
- Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba
- Bernard Banaigs
- PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Laboratoire d’Excellence CORAIL, Université de Perpignan
- Emmanuel Boss
- School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
- Chris Bowler
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Colomban de Vargas
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Eric Douville
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Michel Flores
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Didier Forcioli
- Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Medical School
- Paola Furla
- Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Medical School
- Eric Gilson
- Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Medical School
- Fabien Lombard
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Stéphane Pesant
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton
- Stéphanie Reynaud
- LIA ROPSE, Laboratoire International Associé Université Côte d’Azur-Centre Scientifique de Monaco
- Olivier P. Thomas
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway
- Romain Troublé
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Didier Zoccola
- LIA ROPSE, Laboratoire International Associé Université Côte d’Azur-Centre Scientifique de Monaco
- Christian R. Voolstra
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Rebecca Vega Thurber
- Microbiology Department, Oregon State University
- Shinichi Sunagawa
- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zürich
- Patrick Wincker
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- Denis Allemand
- LIA ROPSE, Laboratoire International Associé Université Côte d’Azur-Centre Scientifique de Monaco
- Serge Planes
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022 GOSEE
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38500-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
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.