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Ecology and Genetic Analysis of Katablepharis CRE, A Ecology and genetic analysis of Katablepharis CRE, a heterotrophic flagellate that ‘blooms’ in the Columbia River estuary during the spring Peter Kahn, Tawnya Peterson, Peter Zuber Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction & Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR [email protected] 1. Background 4. Spatial and temporal distribution of Katablepharis CRE in 2013 assessed through qPCR • Heterotrophic protists play important roles in the complex estuarine food web by shaping bacterial populations through predation, 1.2E+04 transferring prey carbon to higher trophic levels, and remineralization of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. • While difficulty in their identification using light microscopy has often led to heterotrophic protists being lumped into broad classifications, Washington 1.0E+04 there is a strong need to develop methods that increase the spatial and temporal resolution of observations of particular organisms in order to 8.0E+03 discover the drivers of population structure and ecological function. Estuary Mouth /s) • The Columbia River estuary contains large amounts of allochthonous detritus which is the primary source of organic matter driving ecosystem SATURN-03 North Channel 3 6.0E+03 Columbia River (m processes. This organic matter can fuel a high level of bacterial growth and productivity, which in turn can fuel propagation of grazing South Channel SATURN-04 4.0E+03 heterotrophic protists via the microbial loop. However, major heterotrophic protists (primary consumers and bacterivores) in the estuary are not well characterized. 2.0E+03 Oregon Dam Outflow Bonneville 2. Katablepharis sequences dominate mid-salinity SSU clone libraries during the spring Pacific Ocean 0.0E+00 2 miles 1-Jan 1-Mar 1-May 1-Jul 1-Sep 1-Nov Apicomplexa Cercozoa Chrysomonadida Ciliophora Dinophyceae (H) Dinophyceae (M) Katablepharidaceae Other A. B. 100% 1.8E+04 35.0 1.6E+04 Gene copies mL -1 30.0 1 75% - 1.4E+04 Salinity 25.0 1.2E+04 50% 1.0E+04 20.0 8.0E+03 15.0 Salinity 25% 6.0E+03 10.0 % of heterotrophic SSU % of heterotrophic Sequences CRE USE gene copy numbers mL CRE USE copygene numbers mL 4.0E+03 5.0 0% 2.0E+03 0.0E+00 0.0 Plume Plume Plume Plume Plume Katablepharis S B S B* S B S* B S* B S B* S* B* S B S B S B S* B S B* S B S* B S B S S* S Freshwater Freshwater Freshwater Freshwater Freshwater NC EM S03 SC S04 NC EM S03 SC S04 NC EM S03 SC S04 NCS03 SC Mid-Salinity Mid-Salinity Mid-Salinity Mid-Salinity Mid-Salinity 4-Apr-13 23-May-13 20-Jun-13 18-Jul-13 Apr-07 Aug-07 Apr-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 C. Fig. 1. SSU sequence libraries of heterotrophic protists from April and August 2007, and in April, July and September 2008 . Freshwater = 0; Fig. 3 A. Sampling locations for qPCR and FISH analyses conducted for March-July 2013. Surface and bottom samples were taken monthly for five sites Mid-Salinity = 15; Plume = 28-31. “H” refers to putative heterotrophic dinoflagellates, while “M” refers to putative mixotrophic dinoflagellates. B. Annual Columbia River discharge (m3/s) measured at the outflow of Bonneville Dam for 2013 (daily mean). Gray arrows indicate sampling dates for qPCR and FISH analyses. C. Distribution of Katablepharis CRE USE in the Columbia River estuary estimated by qPCR from March-July 2013. Asterisks denote samples • SSU sequence libraries from 2007 and 2008 revealed an abundance of sequences related to Katablepharis in spring mid-salinity waters, a non-pigmented heterotrophic flagellate that has been found to be an important primary consumer and bacterivore associated with particles in which were also analyzed with FISH. other aquatic systems. Katablepharis sequences comprised over 40% of all protist sequences in spring mid-salinity samples. • Events occurring in the spring, such as upriver diatom blooms and spring runoff, deliver organic matter to the estuary that could fuel • This qPCR assay confirmed the wide distribution of Katablepharis CRE in the Columbia River estuary with respect to salinity (0-26PSU), katablepharid proliferation. but with overall at each site higher abundances measured in bottom waters. High abundance of Katablepharis CRE USE gene copy numbers persisted until river discharge returned to pre-freshet levels. 3. Unique sequence element within the D2 region of Katablepharis CRE 28S rRNA gene 5. FISH with USE-specific probes for Katablepharis CRE 28S USE primer 2 2 2 General eukaryotic primer 1.2E+04 Fig. 4 A. Epifluorescence micrographs of Columbia River estuary water A. 1 3 1, 2, 3 y = 2.5642x 1 ) -1 1.0E+04 R² = 0.58408 DAPI-stained cells and B. the corresponding microscopic field using Katablepharid-specific primer the USE-specific Katablepharis CRE probe. A. 8.0E+03 C. Comparison of Katablepharis CRE abundance estimated by FISH ITS 1 ITS 2 18S 5.8S 28S USE 28S CRE USE gene 6.0E+03 and qPCR using probes specific for its Unique Sequence Element 4.0E+03 (USE) within the large subunit for both approaches. % GC: 44 49 43 46 43 59 49 abundance (copies ml abundance (copies 2.0E+03 • FISH analysis detected a ~7 µm organism, which is the approximate % similarity to B. Katablepharis 99 Unknown 99 No significant 96 0.0E+00 size of katablepharids in other systems. Katablepharis japonica: 0.0E+00 5.0E+02 1.0E+03 1.5E+03 2.0E+03 2.5E+03 similarity C. • The slope of the regression between qPCR and FISH estimates suggest Fig. 2. Sequencing of the rRNA gene of the Columbia River Estuary Katablepharis (CRE) revealed a 332 bp region within the D2 region of the 28S rRNA Katablepharis CRE cell abundance (cells ml -1) a ratio of 2.5 gene copies per cell. The R2 value for this correlation is gene that is unique to the CRE strain. This unique sequence element (USE) is GC-rich compared to the rest of the gene and shows no significant similarity to other katablepharids in the NCBI database, while the rest of rRNA gene aligns well with Katablepharis japonica and other sequenced low, likely because biases in DNA extraction and qPCR optimization, katablepharids. Colored arrows indicate PCR primers designed in the 28S unique sequence element (purple), to be general for all eukaryotes (teal), or as well as potential variability in growth rate, causes discrepancies katablepharid-specific (light brown). Numbers within the arrows refer to the primer sets that were used to answer the following questions: between the two methods. • 1. What is the temporal and spatial extent of this unique element amongst Katablepharis CRE and other katablepharids in the Columbia 6. Conclusions River system? • Katablepharis CRE dominated protist assemblages (including autotrophic and heterotrophic fractions) during the spring months of this study. -All Katablepharis CRE sequences recovered from the estuary contain this region. The only other katablepharid detected in the qPCR suggests a wide distribution of Katablepharis CRE with regards to salinity, but a preference for bottom waters Given their high system, Leucocryptos does not appear to have this element. abundance and repeatable temporal patterns, we hypothesize that they play an important role in estuarine biogeochemical and ecosystem • 2. Is the unique element found in any other organisms in the Columbia River system or elsewhere? function. - No, so far Katablepharis CRE is the only organism linked to positive amplification from the unique element. This region has • The unique sequence element of Katablepharis CRE confers extreme variability compared to the rest of the D2 region, with no significant also failed to align with the NCBI sequence database and metagenomic databases. However, several other unique similarity to any sequences in the NCBI database. The discovery of the unique sequence element (USE) within the 28S rRNA gene of sequence elements have been detected from other protist taxa, including the parasitic dinoflagellate Eudubosquella and deep- Katablepharis CRE provided an excellent template to track the distribution of Katablepharis CRE in the system through USE-specific probes water diplonemids. combined with quantitative and qualitative methods. • 3. Can the unique element be used as a taxonomic marker to study the ecology of Katablepharis CRE ? • Unique sequence elements can increase the taxonomic resolution in studies of 28S rRNA protist diversity and be utilized to develop strain- - USE-specific primers for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and probes for fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) were developed specific probes for quantitative or qualitative monitoring of ecologically relevant heterotrophic species. based on this element and used on estuarine samples collected across a five site river-to-ocean transect from 2013. .
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