Seasonal dynamics of marine snow‐associated and free‐living demethylating bacterial communities in the coastal northern Adriatic Sea

Steiner, Paul A.; Sintes, Eva; Simó, Rafel; De Corte, Daniele; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Ivančić, Ingrid; Najdek-Dragić, Mirjana; Herndl, Gerhard J. (2019) Seasonal dynamics of marine snow‐associated and free‐living demethylating bacterial communities in the coastal northern Adriatic Sea. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 11 (5). pp. 699-707. ISSN 1758-2229

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Abstract

The extent of DMSP demethylation has been hypothesized to depend on DMSP availability and bacterial sulfur demand, which might lead to niche differentiation of the demethylating bacterial community. In this study, we determined DMSP concentrations in marine snow and the ambient water over a seasonal cycle and linked DMSP concentrations to the abundance of bacteria harboring the demethylation dmdA gene in the Adriatic Sea. In marine snow, DMSP concentrations were up to four times higher than in the ambient water and three times higher in marine snow in summer than in winter. The average dmdA:recA gene ratio over the sampling period was 0.40 ± 0.24 in marine snow and 0.48 ± 0.21 in the ambient water. However, at the subclade level, differences in the demethylating bacterial community of marine snow and the ambient water were apparent. Seasonal patterns of potentially demethylating bacteria were best visible at the oligotype level. In the ambient water, the SAR116 and the OM60/NOR5 clade were composed of oligotypes that correlated to high DMSP concentrations, while oligotypes of the Rhodospirillales correlated to low DMSP concentrations. Our results revealed a pronounced seasonal variability and spatial heterogeneity in DMSP concentrations and the associated demethylating bacterial community.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	DMSP demethylation ; marine snow ; bacterial communities ; northern Adriatic
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology
Divisions:	Center for Marine Research
Depositing User:	Ingrid Ivančić
Date Deposited:	12 May 2020 11:54
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/5797
DOI:	10.1111/1758-2229.12783

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