The microbiome of a Pacific moon jellyfish Aurelia coerulea

Ohdera, Aki H.; Mansbridge, Maille; Wang, Matthew; Naydenkov, Paulina; Kamel, Bishoy; Goentoro, Lea

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298002

Title: The microbiome of a Pacific moon jellyfish Aurelia coerulea

Journal Article · 18 April 2024 · PLoS ONE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298002 · OSTI ID:2470774

Ohdera, Aki H. ^[1]; Mansbridge, Maille ^[2]; Wang, Matthew ^[3]; Naydenkov, Paulina ^[4];

^[5]; Goentoro, Lea ^[4]

California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC (United States)
Alverno Heights Academy, Sierra Madre, CA (United States)
Flintridge Preparatory School, La Cañada Flintridge, CA (United States)
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The impact of microbiome in animal physiology is well appreciated, but characterization of animal-microbe symbiosis in marine environments remains a growing need. This study characterizes the microbial communities associated with the moon jellyfish Aurelia coerulea, first isolated from the East Pacific Ocean and has since been utilized as an experimental system. We find that the microbiome of this Pacific Aurelia culture is dominated by two taxa, a Mollicutes and Rickettsiales. The microbiome is stable across life stages, although composition varies. Mining the host sequencing data, we assembled the bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). The bacterial MAGs are highly reduced, and predict a high metabolic dependence on the host. Analysis using multiple metrics suggest that both bacteria are likely new species. We therefore propose the names Ca. Mariplasma lunae (Mollicutes) and Ca. Marinirickettsia aquamalans (Rickettsiales). Finally, comparison with studies of Aurelia from other geographical populations suggests the association with Ca. Mariplasma lunae occurs in Aurelia from multiple geographical locations. The low-diversity microbiome of Aurelia provides a relatively simple system to study host-microbe interactions.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2470774

Journal Information:: PLoS ONE, Journal Name: PLoS ONE Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 19; ISSN 1932-6203

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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