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Journal Article
Bacterial response to spatial gradients of algal-derived nutrients in a porous microplate
2022
Overview
Photosynthetic microalgae are responsible for 50% of the global atmospheric CO
2
fixation into organic matter and hold potential as a renewable bioenergy source. Their metabolic interactions with the surrounding microbial community (the algal microbiome) play critical roles in carbon cycling, but due to methodological limitations, it has been challenging to examine how community development is influenced by spatial proximity to their algal host. Here we introduce a copolymer-based porous microplate to co-culture algae and bacteria, where metabolites are constantly exchanged between the microorganisms while maintaining physical separation. In the microplate, we found that the diatom
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
accumulated to cell abundances ~20 fold higher than under normal batch conditions due to constant replenishment of nutrients through the porous structure. We also demonstrate that algal-associated bacteria, both single isolates and complex communities, responded to inorganic nutrients away from their host as well as organic nutrients originating from the algae in a spatially predictable manner. These experimental findings coupled with a mathematical model suggest that host proximity and algal culture growth phase impact bacterial community development in a taxon-specific manner through organic and inorganic nutrient availability. Our novel system presents a useful tool to investigate universal metabolic interactions between microbes in aquatic ecosystems.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Oxford University Press,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ 14/28
/ 14/63
/ 38/22
/ 38/23
/ 38/62
/ 96/106
/ Algae
/ Bacteria
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Diatoms
/ Ecology
/ Environmental Sciences & Ecology
/ Microbial Genetics and Genomics
/ Porosity
