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Gould AL, Donohoo SA, Román ED, Neff EE. Strain-level diversity of symbiont communities between individuals and populations of a bioluminescent fish. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:2362-2369. [PMID: 37891426 PMCID: PMC10689835 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01550-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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The bioluminescent symbiosis involving the urchin cardinalfish, Siphamia tubifer, and Photobacterium mandapamensis, a luminous member of the Vibrionaceae, is highly specific compared to other bioluminescent fish-bacteria associations. Despite this high degree of specificity, patterns of genetic diversity have been observed for the symbionts from hosts sampled over relatively small spatial scales. We characterized and compared sub-species, strain-level symbiont diversity within and between S. tubifer hosts sampled from the Philippines and Japan using PCR fingerprinting. We then carried out whole genome sequencing of the unique symbiont genotypes identified to characterize the genetic diversity of the symbiont community and the symbiont pangenome. We determined that an individual light organ contains six symbiont genotypes on average, but varied between 1-13. Additionally, we found that there were few genotypes shared between hosts from the same location. A phylogenetic analysis of the unique symbiont strains indicated location-specific clades, suggesting some genetic differentiation in the symbionts between host populations. We also identified symbiont genes that were variable between strains, including luxF, a member of the lux operon, which is responsible for light production. We quantified the light emission and growth rate of two strains missing luxF along with the other strains isolated from the same light organs and determined that strains lacking luxF were dimmer but grew faster than most of the other strains, suggesting a potential metabolic trade-off. This study highlights the importance of strain-level diversity in microbial associations and provides new insight into the underlying genetic architecture of intraspecific symbiont communities within a host.
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- A L Gould
- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, SanFrancisco, CA, 94121, USA.
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- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, SanFrancisco, CA, 94121, USA
- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, SanFrancisco, CA, 94121, USA
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA
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- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, SanFrancisco, CA, 94121, USA
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Gould AL, Henderson JB, Lam AW. Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Bioluminescent Cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer: An Emerging Model for Symbiosis Research. Genome Biol Evol 2022; 14:evac044. [PMID: 35349687 PMCID: PMC9035438 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The bioluminescent symbiosis involving the sea urchin cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer and the luminous bacterium Photobacterium mandapamensis is an emerging vertebrate model for the study of microbial symbiosis. However, little genetic data are available for the host, limiting the scope of research that can be implemented with this association. We present a chromosome-level genome assembly for S. tubifer using a combination of PacBio HiFi sequencing and Hi-C technologies. The final assembly was 1.2 Gb distributed on 23 chromosomes and contained 32,365 protein coding genes with a BUSCO score of 99%. A comparison of the S. tubifer genome to that of another nonluminous species of cardinalfish revealed a high degree of synteny, whereas a comparison to a more distant relative in the sister order Gobiiformes revealed the fusion of two chromosomes in the cardinalfish genomes. The complete mitogenome of S. tubifer was also assembled, and an inversion in the vertebrate WANCY tRNA genes as well as heteroplasmy in the length of the control region were discovered. A phylogenetic analysis based on whole the mitochondrial genome indicated that S. tubifer is divergent from the rest of the cardinalfish family, highlighting the potential role of the bioluminescent symbiosis in the initial divergence of Siphamia. This high-quality reference genome will provide novel opportunities for the bioluminescent S. tubifer-P. mandapamensis association to be used as a model for symbiosis research.
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- A. L. Gould
- Ichthyology Department, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., San Francisco, California 94118, USA
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- Center for Comparative Genomics, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., San Francisco, California 94118, USA
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- Center for Comparative Genomics, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., San Francisco, California 94118, USA
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Vibrio spp.: Life Strategies, Ecology, and Risks in a Changing Environment. DIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/d14020097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vibrios are ubiquitous bacteria in aquatic systems, especially marine ones, and belong to the Gammaproteobacteria class, the most diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria. The main objective of this review is to update the information regarding the ecology of Vibrio species, and contribute to the discussion of their potential risk in a changing environment. As heterotrophic organisms, Vibrio spp. live freely in aquatic environments, from marine depths to the surface of the water column, and frequently may be associated with micro- and macroalgae, invertebrates, and vertebrates such as fish, or live in symbiosis. Some Vibrio spp. are pathogenic to humans and animals, and there is evidence that infections caused by vibrios are increasing in the world. This rise may be related to global changes in human behavior (increases in tourism, maritime traffic, consumption of seafood, aquaculture production, water demand, pollution), and temperature. Most likely in the future, Vibrio spp. in water and in seafood will be monitored in order to safeguard human and animal health. Regulators of the microbiological quality of water (marine and freshwater) and food for human and animal consumption, professionals involved in marine and freshwater production chains, consumers and users of aquatic resources, and health professionals will be challenged to anticipate and mitigate new risks.
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Acquisition of bioluminescent trait by non-luminous organisms from luminous organisms through various origins. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:1547-1562. [PMID: 34714534 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00124-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bioluminescence is a natural light emitting phenomenon that occurs due to a chemical reaction between luciferin and luciferase. It is primarily an innate and inherited trait in most terrestrial luminous organisms. However, most luminous organisms produce light in the ocean by acquiring luminous symbionts, luciferin (substrate), and/or luciferase (enzyme) through various transmission pathways. For instance, coelenterazine, a well-known luciferin, is obtained by cnidarians, crustaceans, and deep-sea fish through multi-level dietary linkages from coelenterazine producers such as ctenophores, decapods, and copepods. In contrast, some non-luminous Vibrio bacteria became bioluminescent by obtaining lux genes from luminous Vibrio species by horizontal gene transfer. Various examples detailed in this review show how non-luminescent organisms became luminescent by acquiring symbionts, dietary luciferins and luciferases, and genes. This review highlights three modes (symbiosis, ingestion, and horizontal gene transfer) that allow organisms lacking genes for autonomous bioluminescent systems to obtain the ability to produce light. In addition to bioluminescence, this manuscript discusses the acquisition of other traits such as pigments, fluorescence, toxins, and others, to infer the potential processes of acquisition.
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Gould AL, Fritts-Penniman A, Gaisiner A. Museum Genomics Illuminate the High Specificity of a Bioluminescent Symbiosis for a Genus of Reef Fish. Front Ecol Evol 2021; 9:630207. [PMID: 34485316 PMCID: PMC8412414 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.630207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Symbiotic relationships between bioluminescent bacteria and fishes have evolved multiple times across hundreds of fish taxa, but relatively little is known about the specificity of these associations and how stable they are over host generations. This study describes the degree of specificity of a bioluminescent symbiosis between cardinalfishes in the genus Siphamia and luminous bacteria in the Vibrio family. Primarily using museum specimens, we investigated the codivergence of host and symbiont and test for patterns of divergence that correlate with both biogeography and time. Contrary to expectations, we determined that the light organ symbionts of all 14 Siphamia species examined belong to one genetic clade of Photobacterium mandapamensis (Clade II), indicating that the association is highly specific and conserved throughout the host genus. Thus, we did not find evidence of codivergence among hosts and symbionts. We did observe that symbionts hosted by individuals sampled from colder water regions were more divergent, containing more than three times as many single nucleotide polymorphisms than the rest of the symbionts examined. Overall, our findings indicate that the symbiosis between Siphamia fishes and P. mandapamensis Clade II has been highly conserved across host taxa and over a broad geographic range despite the facultative nature of the bacterial symbiont. We also present a new approach to simultaneously recover genetic information from a bacterial symbiont and its vertebrate host from formalin-fixed specimens, enhancing the utility of museum collections.
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- Alison L. Gould
- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Gould AL, Dunlap PV. Shedding Light on Specificity: Population Genomic Structure of a Symbiosis Between a Coral Reef Fish and Luminous Bacterium. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2670. [PMID: 31824455 PMCID: PMC6879551 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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All organisms depend on symbiotic associations with bacteria for their success, yet how these interspecific interactions influence the population structure, ecology, and evolution of microbial symbionts is not well understood. Additionally, patterns of genetic variation in interacting species can reveal ecological traits that are important to gene flow and co-evolution. In this study, we define patterns of spatial and temporal genetic variation of a coral reef fish, Siphamia tubifer, and its luminous bacterial symbiont, Photobacterium mandapamensis in the Okinawa Islands, Japan. Using restriction site-associated sequencing (RAD-Seq) methods, we show that populations of the facultative light organ symbiont of S. tubifer exhibit genetic structure at fine spatial scales of tens of kilometers despite the absence of physical barriers to dispersal and in contrast to populations of the host fish. These results suggest that the host’s behavioral ecology and environmental interactions between host and symbiont help to structure symbiont populations in the region, consequently fostering the specificity of the association between host generations. Our approach also revealed several symbiont genes that were divergent between host populations, including hfq and a homolog of varS, both of which play a role in host association in Vibrio cholerae. Overall, this study highlights the important role that a host animal can play in structuring the distribution of its bacterial symbiont, particularly in highly connected marine environments, thereby promoting specificity of the symbiosis between host generations.
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- Alison L Gould
- Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Ghedotti MJ, Smith WL, Davis MP. The first evidence of intrinsic epidermal bioluminescence within ray-finned fishes in the linebelly swallower Pseudoscopelus sagamianus (Chiasmodontidae). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2019; 95:1540-1543. [PMID: 31644819 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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External and histological examination of the photophores of the linebelly swallower Pseudoscopelus sagamianus reveal three epidermal layers of cells that form the light-producing and light-transmitting components of the photophores. Photophores among the examined photophore tracts are not significantly different in structure but the presence of mucous cells in the superficial layers of the photophore suggest continued function of the epidermal photophore in contributing to the mucous coat. This is the first evidence of intrinsic bioluminescence in primarily epidermal photophores reported in ray-finned fishes.
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- Michael J Ghedotti
- Department of Biology, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
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Gould AL, Dunlap PV. Genomic analysis of a cardinalfish with larval homing potential reveals genetic admixture in the Okinawa Islands. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:3870-3882. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- A. L. Gould
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor MI USA
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Hellinger J, Jägers P, Donner M, Sutt F, Mark MD, Senen B, Tollrian R, Herlitze S. The Flashlight Fish Anomalops katoptron Uses Bioluminescent Light to Detect Prey in the Dark. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170489. [PMID: 28178297 PMCID: PMC5298212 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Bioluminescence is a fascinating phenomenon occurring in numerous animal taxa in the ocean. The reef dwelling splitfin flashlight fish (Anomalops katoptron) can be found in large schools during moonless nights in the shallow water of coral reefs and in the open surrounding water. Anomalops katoptron produce striking blink patterns with symbiotic bacteria in their sub-ocular light organs. We examined the blink frequency in A. katoptron under various laboratory conditions. During the night A. katoptron swims in schools roughly parallel to their conspecifics and display high blink frequencies of approximately 90 blinks/minute with equal on and off times. However, when planktonic prey was detected in the experimental tank, the open time increased compared to open times in the absence of prey and the frequency decreased to 20% compared to blink frequency at night in the absence of planktonic prey. During the day when the school is in a cave in the reef tank the blink frequency decreases to approximately 9 blinks/minute with increasing off-times of the light organ. Surprisingly the non-luminescent A. katoptron with non-functional light organs displayed the same blink frequencies and light organ open/closed times during the night and day as their luminescent conspecifics. In the presence of plankton non-luminescent specimens showed no change in the blink frequency and open/closed times compared to luminescent A. katoptron. Our experiments performed in a coral reef tank show that A. katoptron use bioluminescent illumination to detect planktonic prey and that the blink frequency of A. katoptron light organs follow an exogenous control by the ambient light.
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- Jens Hellinger
- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Fisheries College Hatta-Syahrir, Banda Naira, Malukuh Tengah, Indonesia
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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Eisthen HL, Theis KR. Animal-microbe interactions and the evolution of nervous systems. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 371:20150052. [PMID: 26598731 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Animals ubiquitously interact with environmental and symbiotic microbes, and the effects of these interactions on animal physiology are currently the subject of intense interest. Nevertheless, the influence of microbes on nervous system evolution has been largely ignored. We illustrate here how taking microbes into account might enrich our ideas about the evolution of nervous systems. For example, microbes are involved in animals' communicative, defensive, predatory and dispersal behaviours, and have likely influenced the evolution of chemo- and photosensory systems. In addition, we speculate that the need to regulate interactions with microbes at the epithelial surface may have contributed to the evolutionary internalization of the nervous system.
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- Heather L Eisthen
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane Rm 203, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, 567 Wilson Road Rm 1441, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, 567 Wilson Road Rm 1441, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, MSRB I Rm 1510A, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Gould AL, Dougan KE, Koenigbauer ST, Dunlap PV. Life history of the symbiotically luminous cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2016; 89:1359-1377. [PMID: 27329350 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Characteristics of the life history of the coral reef-dwelling cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer, from Okinawa, Japan, were defined. A paternal mouthbrooder, S. tubifer, is unusual in forming a bioluminescent symbiosis with Photobacterium mandapamensis. The examined S. tubifer (n = 1273) ranged in size from 9·5 to 43·5 mm standard length (LS ), and the minimum size at sexual maturity was 22 mm LS . The number of S. tubifer associated during the day among the spines of host urchins was 22·9 ± 16·1 (mean ± s.d.; Diadema setosum) and 3·6 ± 3·2 (Echinothrix calamaris). Diet consisted primarily of crustacean zooplankton. Batch fecundity (number of eggs; FB ) was related to LS by the equations: males (fertilized eggs) FB = 27·5LS - 189·46; females (eggs) FB = 31·3LS - 392·63. Individual mass (M; g) as a function of LS was described by the equation: M=9·74×10-5LS2·68. Growth, determined from otolith microstructure analysis, was described with the von Bertalanffy growth function with the following coefficients: L∞ = 40·8 mm LS , K = 0·026 day(-1) and t0 = 23·25 days. Planktonic larval duration was estimated to be 30 days. The age of the oldest examined individual was 240 days. The light organ of S. tubifer, which harbours the symbiotic population of P. mandapamensis, increased linearly in diameter as S. tubifer LS increased, and the bacterial population increased logarithmically with S. tubifer LS . These characteristics indicate that once settled, S. tubifer grows quickly, reproduces early and typically survives much less than 1 year in Okinawa. These characteristics are generally similar to other small reef fishes but they indicate that S. tubifer experiences higher mortality.
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- A L Gould
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, U.S.A
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, U.S.A
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, U.S.A
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, U.S.A
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Dunlap PV, Gould AL, Wittenrich ML, Nakamura M. Symbiosis initiation in the bacterially luminous sea urchin cardinalfish Siphamia versicolor. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2012; 81:1340-1356. [PMID: 22957874 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03415.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To determine how each new generation of the sea urchin cardinalfish Siphamia versicolor acquires the symbiotic luminous bacterium Photobacterium mandapamensis, and when in its development the S. versicolor initiates the symbiosis, procedures were established for rearing S. versicolor larvae in an aposymbiotic state. Under the conditions provided, larvae survived and developed for 28 days after their release from the mouths of males. Notochord flexion began at 8 days post release (dpr). By 28 dpr, squamation was evident and the caudal complex was complete. The light organ remained free of bacteria but increased in size and complexity during development of the larvae. Thus, aposymbiotic larvae of the fish can survive and develop for extended periods, major components of the luminescence system develop in the absence of the bacteria and the bacteria are not acquired directly from a parent, via the egg or during mouth brooding. Presentation of the symbiotic bacteria to aposymbiotic larvae at 8-10 dpr, but not earlier, led to initiation of the symbiosis. Upon colonization of the light organ, the bacterial population increased rapidly and cells forming the light-organ chambers exhibited a differentiated appearance. Therefore, the light organ apparently first becomes receptive to colonization after 1 week post-release development, the symbiosis is initiated by bacteria acquired from the environment and bacterial colonization induces morphological changes in the nascent light organ. The abilities to culture larvae of S. versicolor for extended periods and to initiate the symbiosis in aposymbiotic larvae are key steps in establishing the experimental tractability of this highly specific vertebrate and microbe mutualism.
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- P V Dunlap
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA.
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Urbanczyk H, Kiwaki N, Furukawa T, Iwatsuki Y. Limited geographic distribution of certain strains of the bioluminescent symbiont Photobacterium leiognathi. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 81:355-63. [PMID: 22404110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01353.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Henryk Urbanczyk
- Interdisciplinary Research Organization; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki; Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Organization; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki; Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Organization; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki; Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture; University of Miyazaki; Miyazaki; Japan
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