A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes
Abstract
Termites and their microbial gut symbionts are major recyclers of lignocellulosic biomass. This important symbiosis is obligate but relatively open and more complex in comparison to other well-known insect symbioses such as the strict vertical transmission of Buchnera in aphids. The relative roles of vertical inheritance and environmental factors such as diet in shaping the termite gut microbiome are not well understood.ResultsThe gut microbiomes of 66 specimens representing seven higher and nine lower termite genera collected in Australia and North America were profiled by small subunit (SSU) rRNA amplicon pyrosequencing. These represent the first reported culture-independent gut microbiome data for three higher termite genera: Tenuirostritermes, Drepanotermes, and Gnathamitermes; and two lower termite genera: Marginitermes and Porotermes. Consistent with previous studies, bacteria comprise the largest fraction of termite gut symbionts, of which 11 phylotypes (6 Treponema, 1 Desulfarculus-like, 1 Desulfovibrio, 1 Anaerovorax-like, 1 Sporobacter-like, and 1 Pirellula-like) were widespread occurring in ≥50% of collected specimens. Archaea are generally considered to comprise only a minority of the termite gut microbiota (<3%); however, archaeal relative abundance was substantially higher and variable in a number of specimens including Macrognathotermes, Coptotermes, Schedorhinotermes, Porotermes, and Mastotermes (representing up to 54% of amplicon reads). A ciliate relatedmore »
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- Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (Australia). School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. Australian Centre for Ecogenomics
- USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
- Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Biology Dept.
- USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States); Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena (Germany). Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) and Microbial Ecology Group
- Univ. of Florida, Davie, FL (United States). Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
- Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (Australia). School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. Australian Centre for Ecogenomics; USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
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- 1627043
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- AC02-05CH11231
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- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Microbiome
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- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2049-2618
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- BioMed Central
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- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Microbiology
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Abdul Rahman, Nurdyana, Parks, Donovan H., Willner, Dana L., Engelbrektson, Anna L., Goffredi, Shana K., Warnecke, Falk, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., and Hugenholtz, Philip. A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1186/s40168-015-0067-8.
Abdul Rahman, Nurdyana, Parks, Donovan H., Willner, Dana L., Engelbrektson, Anna L., Goffredi, Shana K., Warnecke, Falk, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., & Hugenholtz, Philip. A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0067-8
Abdul Rahman, Nurdyana, Parks, Donovan H., Willner, Dana L., Engelbrektson, Anna L., Goffredi, Shana K., Warnecke, Falk, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., and Hugenholtz, Philip. Wed .
"A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0067-8. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1627043.
@article{osti_1627043,
title = {A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes},
author = {Abdul Rahman, Nurdyana and Parks, Donovan H. and Willner, Dana L. and Engelbrektson, Anna L. and Goffredi, Shana K. and Warnecke, Falk and Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. and Hugenholtz, Philip},
abstractNote = {Termites and their microbial gut symbionts are major recyclers of lignocellulosic biomass. This important symbiosis is obligate but relatively open and more complex in comparison to other well-known insect symbioses such as the strict vertical transmission of Buchnera in aphids. The relative roles of vertical inheritance and environmental factors such as diet in shaping the termite gut microbiome are not well understood.ResultsThe gut microbiomes of 66 specimens representing seven higher and nine lower termite genera collected in Australia and North America were profiled by small subunit (SSU) rRNA amplicon pyrosequencing. These represent the first reported culture-independent gut microbiome data for three higher termite genera: Tenuirostritermes, Drepanotermes, and Gnathamitermes; and two lower termite genera: Marginitermes and Porotermes. Consistent with previous studies, bacteria comprise the largest fraction of termite gut symbionts, of which 11 phylotypes (6 Treponema, 1 Desulfarculus-like, 1 Desulfovibrio, 1 Anaerovorax-like, 1 Sporobacter-like, and 1 Pirellula-like) were widespread occurring in ≥50% of collected specimens. Archaea are generally considered to comprise only a minority of the termite gut microbiota (<3%); however, archaeal relative abundance was substantially higher and variable in a number of specimens including Macrognathotermes, Coptotermes, Schedorhinotermes, Porotermes, and Mastotermes (representing up to 54% of amplicon reads). A ciliate related to Clevelandella was detected in low abundance in Gnathamitermes indicating that protists were either reacquired after protists loss in higher termites or persisted in low numbers across this transition. Phylogenetic analyses of the bacterial communities indicate that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiota. The effect of diet is secondary and appears to influence the relative abundance, but not membership, of the gut communities.ConclusionsVertical inheritance is the primary force shaping the termite gut microbiome indicating that species are successfully and faithfully passed from one generation to the next via trophallaxis or coprophagy. Changes in relative abundance can occur on shorter time scales and appear to be an adaptive mechanism for dietary fluctuations.},
doi = {10.1186/s40168-015-0067-8},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1627043},
journal = {Microbiome},
issn = {2049-2618},
number = 1,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {2}
}
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