Microbial Surface Biofilm Responds to the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle of the Dominant Coral Reef Macroalgae Sargassum spp.
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and Processing
2.2. 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Data
2.3. Metagenome-Assembled Genomes (MAGs)
2.4. Statistical Analyses of Microbial Community Composition
3. Results
3.1. Variation in the Biofilm Community along the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle
3.2. Influence of Abiotic Factors
3.3. Metabolic Functions of Metagenome Assembled Genomes
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Glasl, B.; Haskell, J.B.; Aires, T.; Serrão, E.A.; Bourne, D.G.; Webster, N.S.; Frade, P.R. Microbial Surface Biofilm Responds to the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle of the Dominant Coral Reef Macroalgae Sargassum spp. Life 2021, 11, 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111199
Glasl B, Haskell JB, Aires T, Serrão EA, Bourne DG, Webster NS, Frade PR. Microbial Surface Biofilm Responds to the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle of the Dominant Coral Reef Macroalgae Sargassum spp. Life. 2021; 11(11):1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111199
Chicago/Turabian StyleGlasl, Bettina, Jasmine B. Haskell, Tania Aires, Ester A. Serrão, David G. Bourne, Nicole S. Webster, and Pedro R. Frade. 2021. "Microbial Surface Biofilm Responds to the Growth-Reproduction-Senescence Cycle of the Dominant Coral Reef Macroalgae Sargassum spp." Life 11, no. 11: 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111199