2021
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1041030/v1
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Culturing Putatively Obligate Epizoic Diatoms: Insights for the Evolution and Ecology of Diatoms and Their Host

Abstract: Background: Our understanding of the importance of microbiomes on large aquatic animals—such as whales, sea turtles and manatees—has advanced considerably in recent years. Recent activity describing the epizoic diatoms growing on marine vertebrates suggests that these epibiotic diatom communities constitute diverse, polyphyletic, and compositionally stable assemblages that include both putatively obligate epizoic and generalist species. Here, we outline a successful attempt to culture putatively obligate epizo… Show more

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“…In understanding the ecological relationship between cyanobacteria and turtles, it is essential to draw parallels with already well-studied associations. For instance, studies on diatoms suggest a significant level of host specificity, where they are consistently found on all sea turtles, and the community is predominantly comprised of putatively epizoic species (Robinson et al 2016, Ashworth et al 2021. Unlike diatoms, cyanobacteria do not exhibit universal presence on all sampled turtles (Kanjer et al 2022) , with some animals not hosting any cyanobacterial sequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In understanding the ecological relationship between cyanobacteria and turtles, it is essential to draw parallels with already well-studied associations. For instance, studies on diatoms suggest a significant level of host specificity, where they are consistently found on all sea turtles, and the community is predominantly comprised of putatively epizoic species (Robinson et al 2016, Ashworth et al 2021. Unlike diatoms, cyanobacteria do not exhibit universal presence on all sampled turtles (Kanjer et al 2022) , with some animals not hosting any cyanobacterial sequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%