PMID- 25078065 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141229 LR - 20181202 IS - 1574-6941 (Electronic) IS - 0168-6496 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Nov TI - Disturbance to conserved bacterial communities in the cold-water gorgonian coral Eunicella verrucosa. PG - 404-16 LID - 10.1111/1574-6941.12398 [doi] AB - The bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased colonies of the cold-water gorgonian coral Eunicella verrucosa at three sites off the south-west coast of England were compared using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and clone libraries. Significant differences in community structure between healthy and diseased samples were discovered, as were differences in the level of disturbance to these communities at each site; this correlated with depth and sediment load. The majority of cloned sequences from healthy coral tissue affiliated with the Gammaproteobacteria. The stability of the bacterial community and dominance of specific genera found across visibly healthy colonies suggest the presence of a specific microbial community. Affiliations included a high proportion of Endozoicomonas sequences, which were most similar to sequences found in tropical corals. This genus has been found in a number of invertebrates and is suggested to have a role in coral health and in the metabolisation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) produced by zooxanthellae. However, screening of colonies for the presence of zooxanthellae produced a negative result. Diseased colonies showed a decrease in affiliated clones and an increase in clones related to potentially harmful/transient microorganisms but no increase in a particular pathogen. This study demonstrates that a better understanding of these bacterial communities, the factors that affect them and their role in coral health and disease will be of critical importance in predicting future threats to temperate gorgonian communities. CI - (c) 2014 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ransome, Emma AU - Ransome E AD - Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK; School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA. 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DNA, Bacterial/genetics MH - Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis MH - *Endangered Species MH - England MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - DGGE OT - Endozoicomonas spp. OT - Eunicella verrucosa OT - clone libraries OT - coral disease OT - coral microbiology EDAT- 2014/08/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/30 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/07/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/1574-6941.12398 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2014 Nov;90(2):404-16. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12398. Epub 2014 Sep 1.