Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale

 

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Kueneman, Jordan G., Bletz, Molly C., McKenzie, Valerie J., Becker, C. Guilherme, Joseph, Maxwell B., Abarca Alvarado, Juan Gabriel, Archer, Holly Margaret, Arellano, Ana Lisette, Bataille, Arnaud, Becker, Matthew, Belden, Lisa K., Crottini, Angelica, Geffers, Robert, Haddad, Célio Fernando Baptista, Harris, Reid N., Holden, Whitney M., Hughey, Myra C., Jarek, Michael, Kearns, Patrick Joseph, Kerby, Jacob L., Kielgast, Jos, Kurabayashi, Atsushi, Longo, Ana V., Loudon, Andrew H., Medina, Daniel, Nuñez Navarro, José J., Perl, R. G. Bina, Pinto Tomás, Adrián A., Rabemananjara, Falitiana C. E., Rebollar Caudillo, Eria Alaide, Rodríguez Gomez, Ariel Ricardo, Rollins Smith, Louise A., Stevenson, Robert, Tebbe, Christoph C., Vargas Asensio, Juan Gabriel, Waldman, Bruce, Walke, Jenifer Banning, Whitfield, Steven M., Zamudio, Kelly R., Zúñiga Chaves, Ibrahim, Woodhams, Douglas C., Vences, Miguel
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Descripción:Animal-associated microbiomes are integral to host health, yet key biotic and abiotic factors that shape host-associated microbial communities at the global scale remain poorly understood. We investigated global patterns in amphibian skin bacterial communities, incorporating samples from 2,349 individuals representing 205 amphibian species across a broad biogeographic range. We analysed how biotic and abiotic factors correlate with skin microbial communities using multiple statistical approaches. Global amphibian skin bacterial richness was consistently correlated with temperature-associated factors. We found more diverse skin microbiomes in environments with colder winters and less stable thermal conditions compared with environments with warm winters and less annual temperature variation. We used bioinformatically predicted bacterial growth rates, dormancy genes and antibiotic synthesis genes, as well as inferred bacterial thermal growth optima to propose mechanistic hypotheses that may explain the observed patterns. We conclude that temporal and spatial characteristics of the host’s macro-environment mediate microbial diversity.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/79981
Acceso en línea:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0798-1
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/79981
Palabra clave:Bacteria
Amphibians
Bioclimatology