PMID- 19052630 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090320 LR - 20090219 IS - 1751-7370 (Electronic) IS - 1751-7362 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Seasonal dynamics of SAR11 populations in the euphotic and mesopelagic zones of the northwestern Sargasso Sea. PG - 283-95 LID - 10.1038/ismej.2008.117 [doi] AB - Bacterioplankton belonging to the SAR11 clade of a-proteobacteria were counted by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) over eight depths in the surface 300 m at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from 2003 to 2005. SAR11 are dominant heterotrophs in oligotrophic systems; thus, resolving their temporal dynamics can provide important insights to the cycling of organic and inorganic nutrients. This quantitative time-series data revealed distinct annual distribution patterns of SAR11 abundance in the euphotic (0-120) and upper mesopelagic (160-300 m) zones that were reproducibly correlated with seasonal mixing and stratification of the water column. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) data generated from a decade of samples collected at BATS were combined with the FISH data to model the annual dynamics of SAR11 subclade populations. 16S rRNA gene clone libraries were constructed to verify the correlation of the T-RFLP data with SAR11 clade structure. Clear vertical and temporal transitions were observed in the dominance of three SAR11 ecotypes. The mechanisms that lead to shifts between the different SAR11 populations are not well understood, but are probably a consequence of finely tuned physiological adaptations that partition the populations along physical and chemical gradients in the ecosystem. The correlation between evolutionary descent and temporal/spatial patterns we describe, confirmed that a minimum of three SAR11 ecotypes occupy the Sargasso Sea surface layer, and revealed new details of their population dynamics. FAU - Carlson, Craig A AU - Carlson CA AD - Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA, USA. FAU - Morris, Robert AU - Morris R FAU - Parsons, Rachel AU - Parsons R FAU - Treusch, Alexander H AU - Treusch AH FAU - Giovannoni, Stephen J AU - Giovannoni SJ FAU - Vergin, Kevin AU - Vergin K LA - eng SI - GENBANK/EU984307 SI - GENBANK/EU984308 SI - GENBANK/EU984309 SI - GENBANK/EU984310 SI - GENBANK/EU984311 SI - GENBANK/EU984312 SI - GENBANK/EU984313 SI - GENBANK/EU984314 SI - GENBANK/EU984315 SI - GENBANK/EU984316 SI - GENBANK/EU984317 SI - GENBANK/EU984318 SI - GENBANK/EU984319 SI - GENBANK/EU984320 SI - GENBANK/EU984321 SI - GENBANK/EU984322 SI - GENBANK/EU984323 SI - GENBANK/EU984324 SI - GENBANK/EU984325 SI - GENBANK/EU984326 SI - GENBANK/EU984327 SI - GENBANK/EU984328 SI - GENBANK/EU984329 SI - GENBANK/EU984330 SI - GENBANK/EU984331 SI - GENBANK/EU984332 SI - GENBANK/EU984333 SI - GENBANK/EU984334 SI - GENBANK/EU984335 SI - GENBANK/EU984336 SI - GENBANK/EU984337 SI - GENBANK/EU984338 SI - GENBANK/EU984339 SI - GENBANK/EU984340 SI - GENBANK/EU984341 SI - GENBANK/EU984342 SI - GENBANK/EU984343 SI - GENBANK/EU984344 SI - GENBANK/EU984345 SI - GENBANK/EU984346 SI - GENBANK/EU984347 SI - GENBANK/EU984348 SI - GENBANK/EU984349 SI - GENBANK/EU984350 SI - GENBANK/EU984351 SI - GENBANK/EU984352 SI - GENBANK/EU984353 SI - GENBANK/EU984354 SI - GENBANK/EU984355 SI - GENBANK/EU984356 SI - GENBANK/EU984357 SI - GENBANK/EU984358 SI - GENBANK/EU984359 SI - GENBANK/EU984360 SI - GENBANK/EU984361 SI - GENBANK/EU984362 SI - GENBANK/EU984363 SI - GENBANK/EU984364 SI - GENBANK/EU984365 SI - GENBANK/EU984366 SI - GENBANK/EU984367 SI - GENBANK/EU984368 SI - GENBANK/EU984369 SI - GENBANK/EU984370 SI - GENBANK/EU984371 SI - GENBANK/EU984372 SI - GENBANK/EU984373 SI - GENBANK/EU984374 SI - GENBANK/EU984375 SI - GENBANK/EU984376 SI - GENBANK/EU984377 SI - GENBANK/EU984378 SI - GENBANK/EU984379 SI - GENBANK/EU984380 SI - GENBANK/EU984381 SI - GENBANK/EU984382 SI - GENBANK/EU984383 SI - GENBANK/EU984384 SI - GENBANK/EU984385 SI - GENBANK/EU984386 SI - GENBANK/EU984387 SI - GENBANK/EU984388 SI - GENBANK/EU984389 SI - GENBANK/EU984390 SI - GENBANK/EU984391 SI - GENBANK/EU984392 SI - GENBANK/EU984393 SI - GENBANK/EU984394 SI - GENBANK/EU984395 SI - GENBANK/EU984396 SI - GENBANK/EU984397 SI - GENBANK/EU984398 SI - GENBANK/EU984399 SI - GENBANK/EU984400 SI - GENBANK/EU984401 SI - GENBANK/EU984402 SI - GENBANK/EU984403 SI - GENBANK/EU984404 SI - GENBANK/EU984405 SI - GENBANK/EU984406 SI - GENBANK/EU984407 SI - GENBANK/EU984408 SI - GENBANK/EU984409 SI - GENBANK/EU984410 SI - GENBANK/EU984411 SI - GENBANK/EU984412 SI - GENBANK/EU984413 SI - GENBANK/EU984414 SI - GENBANK/EU984415 SI - GENBANK/EU984416 SI - GENBANK/EU984417 SI - GENBANK/EU984418 SI - GENBANK/EU984419 SI - GENBANK/EU984420 SI - GENBANK/EU984421 SI - GENBANK/EU984422 SI - GENBANK/EU984423 SI - GENBANK/EU984424 SI - GENBANK/EU984425 SI - GENBANK/EU984426 SI - GENBANK/EU984427 SI - GENBANK/EU984428 SI - GENBANK/EU984429 SI - GENBANK/EU984430 SI - GENBANK/EU984431 SI - GENBANK/EU984432 SI - GENBANK/EU984433 SI - GENBANK/EU984434 SI - GENBANK/EU984435 SI - GENBANK/EU984436 SI - GENBANK/EU984437 SI - GENBANK/EU984438 SI - GENBANK/EU984439 SI - GENBANK/EU984440 SI - GENBANK/EU984441 SI - GENBANK/EU984442 SI - GENBANK/EU984443 SI - GENBANK/EU984444 SI - GENBANK/EU984445 SI - GENBANK/EU984446 SI - GENBANK/EU984447 SI - GENBANK/EU984448 SI - GENBANK/EU984449 SI - GENBANK/EU984450 SI - GENBANK/EU984451 SI - GENBANK/EU984452 SI - GENBANK/EU984453 SI - GENBANK/EU984454 SI - GENBANK/EU984455 SI - GENBANK/EU984456 SI - GENBANK/EU984457 SI - GENBANK/EU984458 SI - GENBANK/EU984459 SI - GENBANK/EU984460 SI - GENBANK/EU984461 SI - GENBANK/EU984462 SI - GENBANK/EU984463 SI - GENBANK/EU984464 SI - GENBANK/EU984465 SI - GENBANK/EU984466 SI - GENBANK/EU984467 SI - GENBANK/EU984468 SI - GENBANK/EU984469 SI - GENBANK/EU984470 SI - GENBANK/EU984471 SI - GENBANK/EU984472 SI - GENBANK/EU984473 SI - GENBANK/EU984474 SI - GENBANK/EU984475 SI - GENBANK/EU984476 SI - GENBANK/EU984477 SI - GENBANK/EU984478 SI - GENBANK/EU984479 SI - GENBANK/EU984480 SI - GENBANK/EU984481 SI - GENBANK/EU984482 SI - GENBANK/EU984483 SI - GENBANK/EU984484 SI - GENBANK/EU984485 SI - GENBANK/EU984486 SI - GENBANK/EU984487 SI - GENBANK/EU984488 SI - GENBANK/EU984489 SI - GENBANK/EU984490 SI - GENBANK/EU984491 SI - GENBANK/EU984492 SI - GENBANK/EU984493 SI - GENBANK/EU984494 SI - GENBANK/EU984495 SI - GENBANK/EU984496 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20081204 PL - England TA - ISME J JT - The ISME journal JID - 101301086 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (DNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (RNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) SB - IM MH - Alphaproteobacteria/*growth & development MH - Bermuda MH - *Biodiversity MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Colony Count, Microbial/methods MH - DNA Fingerprinting MH - DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics MH - DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics MH - Gene Library MH - Genes, rRNA MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phylogeny MH - Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length MH - RNA, Bacterial/genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Seasons MH - Seawater/*microbiology MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid EDAT- 2008/12/05 09:00 MHDA- 2009/03/21 09:00 CRDT- 2008/12/05 09:00 PHST- 2008/12/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/03/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/12/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - ismej2008117 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ismej.2008.117 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ISME J. 2009 Mar;3(3):283-95. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2008.117. Epub 2008 Dec 4.