Host-derived population genomics data provides insights into bacterial and diatom composition of the killer whale skin
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Host-derived population genomics data provides insights into bacterial and diatom composition of the killer whale skin. / Hooper, Rebecca; Brealey, Jaelle C.; van der Valk, Tom; Alberdi, Antton; Durban, John W.; Fearnbach, Holly; Robertson, Kelly M.; Baird, Robin W.; Bradley Hanson, M.; Wade, Paul; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Morin, Phillip A.; Wolf, Jochen B. W.; Foote, Andrew D.; Guschanski, Katerina.
In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2019, p. 484-502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Host-derived population genomics data provides insights into bacterial and diatom composition of the killer whale skin
AU - Hooper, Rebecca
AU - Brealey, Jaelle C.
AU - van der Valk, Tom
AU - Alberdi, Antton
AU - Durban, John W.
AU - Fearnbach, Holly
AU - Robertson, Kelly M.
AU - Baird, Robin W.
AU - Bradley Hanson, M.
AU - Wade, Paul
AU - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
AU - Morin, Phillip A.
AU - Wolf, Jochen B. W.
AU - Foote, Andrew D.
AU - Guschanski, Katerina
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Recent exploration into the interactions and relationship between hosts and their microbiota has revealed a connection between many aspects of the host's biology, health and associated micro-organisms. Whereas amplicon sequencing has traditionally been used to characterize the microbiome, the increasing number of published population genomics data sets offers an underexploited opportunity to study microbial profiles from the host shotgun sequencing data. Here, we use sequence data originally generated from killer whale Orcinus orca skin biopsies for population genomics, to characterize the skin microbiome and investigate how host social and geographical factors influence the microbial community composition. Having identified 845 microbial taxa from 2.4 million reads that did not map to the killer whale reference genome, we found that both ecotypic and geographical factors influence community composition of killer whale skin microbiomes. Furthermore, we uncovered key taxa that drive the microbiome community composition and showed that they are embedded in unique networks, one of which is tentatively linked to diatom presence and poor skin condition. Community composition differed between Antarctic killer whales with and without diatom coverage, suggesting that the previously reported episodic migrations of Antarctic killer whales to warmer waters associated with skin turnover may control the effects of potentially pathogenic bacteria such as Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of microbiome studies from host shotgun sequencing data and highlights the importance of metagenomics in understanding the relationship between host and microbial ecology.
AB - Recent exploration into the interactions and relationship between hosts and their microbiota has revealed a connection between many aspects of the host's biology, health and associated micro-organisms. Whereas amplicon sequencing has traditionally been used to characterize the microbiome, the increasing number of published population genomics data sets offers an underexploited opportunity to study microbial profiles from the host shotgun sequencing data. Here, we use sequence data originally generated from killer whale Orcinus orca skin biopsies for population genomics, to characterize the skin microbiome and investigate how host social and geographical factors influence the microbial community composition. Having identified 845 microbial taxa from 2.4 million reads that did not map to the killer whale reference genome, we found that both ecotypic and geographical factors influence community composition of killer whale skin microbiomes. Furthermore, we uncovered key taxa that drive the microbiome community composition and showed that they are embedded in unique networks, one of which is tentatively linked to diatom presence and poor skin condition. Community composition differed between Antarctic killer whales with and without diatom coverage, suggesting that the previously reported episodic migrations of Antarctic killer whales to warmer waters associated with skin turnover may control the effects of potentially pathogenic bacteria such as Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of microbiome studies from host shotgun sequencing data and highlights the importance of metagenomics in understanding the relationship between host and microbial ecology.
KW - Cetacea
KW - contamination
KW - metagenomics
KW - microbiota
KW - Orcinus orca
U2 - 10.1111/mec.14860
DO - 10.1111/mec.14860
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30187987
AN - SCOPUS:85055564731
VL - 28
SP - 484
EP - 502
JO - Molecular Ecology
JF - Molecular Ecology
SN - 0962-1083
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 225601868