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Eukaryotic Parasites Are Integral To A Productive Microbial Food Web In Oxygen-Depleted Waters, Elizabeth A. Suter, Maria Pachladaki, Gordon T. Taylor, Virginia P. Edgcomb
Eukaryotic Parasites Are Integral To A Productive Microbial Food Web In Oxygen-Depleted Waters, Elizabeth A. Suter, Maria Pachladaki, Gordon T. Taylor, Virginia P. Edgcomb
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Oxygen-depleted water columns (ODWCs) host a diverse community of eukaryotic protists that change dramatically in composition over the oxic-anoxic gradient. In the permanently anoxic Cariaco Basin, peaks in eukaryotic diversity occurred in layers where dark microbial activity (chemoautotrophy and heterotrophy) were highest, suggesting a link between prokaryotic activity and trophic associations with protists. Using 18S rRNA gene sequencing, parasites and especially the obligate parasitic clade, Syndiniales, appear to be particularly abundant, suggesting parasitism is an important, but overlooked interaction in ODWC food webs. Syndiniales were also associated with certain prokaryotic groups that are often found in ODWCs, including Marinimicrobia and …