Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef
Coral larvae acquire populations of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium from the external environment (horizontal acquisition) or inherit their symbionts from the parent colony (maternal or vertical acquisition). The effect of the symbiont acquisition strategy on Symbiodinium-host associations...
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| author | Stat, Michael Loh, W. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Carter, D. |
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| description | Coral larvae acquire populations of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium from the external environment (horizontal acquisition) or inherit their symbionts from the parent colony (maternal or vertical acquisition). The effect of the symbiont acquisition strategy on Symbiodinium-host associations has not been fully resolved. Previous studies have provided mixed results, probably due to factors such as low sample replication of Symbiodinium from a single coral host, biogeographic differences in Symbiodinium diversity, and the presence of some apparently host-specific symbiont lineages in coral with either symbiont acquisition strategies. This study set out to assess the effect of the symbiont acquisition strategy by sampling Symbiodinium from 10 coral species (five with a horizontal and five with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy) across two adjacent reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Symbiodinium diversity was assessed using single-stranded conformational polymorphism of partial nuclear large subunit rDNA and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of the internal transcribed spacer 2 region. The Symbiodinium population in hosts with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy partitioned according to coral species, while hosts with a horizontal symbiont acquisition strategy shared a common symbiont type across the two reef environments. Comparative analysis of existing data from the southern Great Barrier Reef found that the majority of corals with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy associated with distinct species- or genus-specific Symbiodinium lineages, but some could also associate with symbiont types that were more commonly found in hosts with a horizontal symbiont acquisition strategy. © 2008 Springer-Verlag. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-356302017-09-13T15:26:25Z Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef Stat, Michael Loh, W. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Carter, D. Coral larvae acquire populations of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium from the external environment (horizontal acquisition) or inherit their symbionts from the parent colony (maternal or vertical acquisition). The effect of the symbiont acquisition strategy on Symbiodinium-host associations has not been fully resolved. Previous studies have provided mixed results, probably due to factors such as low sample replication of Symbiodinium from a single coral host, biogeographic differences in Symbiodinium diversity, and the presence of some apparently host-specific symbiont lineages in coral with either symbiont acquisition strategies. This study set out to assess the effect of the symbiont acquisition strategy by sampling Symbiodinium from 10 coral species (five with a horizontal and five with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy) across two adjacent reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Symbiodinium diversity was assessed using single-stranded conformational polymorphism of partial nuclear large subunit rDNA and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of the internal transcribed spacer 2 region. The Symbiodinium population in hosts with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy partitioned according to coral species, while hosts with a horizontal symbiont acquisition strategy shared a common symbiont type across the two reef environments. Comparative analysis of existing data from the southern Great Barrier Reef found that the majority of corals with a vertical symbiont acquisition strategy associated with distinct species- or genus-specific Symbiodinium lineages, but some could also associate with symbiont types that were more commonly found in hosts with a horizontal symbiont acquisition strategy. © 2008 Springer-Verlag. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35630 10.1007/s00338-008-0412-5 Springer Verlag unknown |
| spellingShingle | Stat, Michael Loh, W. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Carter, D. Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title | Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title_full | Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title_fullStr | Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title_short | Symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern Great Barrier Reef |
| title_sort | symbiont acquisition strategy drives host-symbiont associations in the southern great barrier reef |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35630 |