New phylogenetic lineages of the Spirochaetes phylum associated with Clathrina species (Porifera).

Neulinger, Sven, Stöhr, Rüdiger, Thiel, Vera, Schmaljohann, Rolf and Imhoff, Johannes F. (2010) New phylogenetic lineages of the Spirochaetes phylum associated with Clathrina species (Porifera). Journal of Microbiology, 48 (4). pp. 411-418. DOI 10.1007/s12275-010-0017-x.

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Abstract

Though spirochetes have been repeatedly found in marine sponges and other invertebrates, little attention has been paid to the specificity of this association. This study demonstrates that different genoand morphotypes of spirochetes can reside within the same sponge individual and develop in considerable numbers. Specimens of the calcareous sponge Clathrina clathrus collected from the Adriatic Sea off Rovinj (Croatia) were found to harbor spirochete-like bacteria, which were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 16S rRNA gene analysis, and catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH). Two novel spirochete sequence types related to the Brachyspiraceae could be retrieved. By use of specifically designed CARD-FISH probes, the C. clathrus-associated sequences could be assigned to a linear and a helical spirochete morphotype. Both were located within the sponge mesohyl and resembled the spirochete-like cells identified by SEM. In addition, from a Clathrina sp., most likely C. coriacea, that originated from Indonesian coastal waters, four different spirochete type sequences were recovered. Two of these also affiliated with the Brachyspiraceae, the other two were found associated with the Spirochaetaceae, one with the genera Borrelia and Cristispira.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Microbiology; Spirochaetes; C. clathrus; sponge-associated bacteri; CARD-FIS; 16S rRNA gene analysis
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-MI Marine Microbiology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Springer
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2010 11:23
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2018 10:29
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10166

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