The biogeographic differentiation of algal microbiomes in the upper ocean from pole to pole

Kara Martin, Katrin Schmidt, Andrew Toseland, Chris A. Boulton, Kerrie Barry, Bánk Beszteri, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Alicia Clum, Chris G. Daum, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Allison Fong, Brian Foster, Bryce Foster, Michael Ginzburg, Marcel Huntemann, Natalia N. Ivanova, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Erika Lindquist, Supratim Mukherjee, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, T. B. K. Reddy, Mariam R. Rizkallah, Simon Roux, Klaas Timmermans, Susannah G. Tringe, Willem H. Poll, Neha Varghese, Klaus U. Valentin, Timothy M. Lenton, Igor V. Grigoriev, Richard M. Leggett, Vincent Moulton and Thomas Mock ()
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Kara Martin: University of East Anglia
Katrin Schmidt: University of East Anglia
Andrew Toseland: University of East Anglia
Chris A. Boulton: University of Exeter
Kerrie Barry: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bánk Beszteri: University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
Corina P. D. Brussaard: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Alicia Clum: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chris G. Daum: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Allison Fong: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Brian Foster: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bryce Foster: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michael Ginzburg: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marcel Huntemann: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Natalia N. Ivanova: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nikos C. Kyrpides: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Erika Lindquist: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Supratim Mukherjee: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Krishnaveni Palaniappan: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
T. B. K. Reddy: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mariam R. Rizkallah: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Simon Roux: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Klaas Timmermans: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Susannah G. Tringe: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Willem H. Poll: University of Groningen
Neha Varghese: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Klaus U. Valentin: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Timothy M. Lenton: University of Exeter
Igor V. Grigoriev: U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Richard M. Leggett: Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park
Vincent Moulton: University of East Anglia
Thomas Mock: University of East Anglia

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract Eukaryotic phytoplankton are responsible for at least 20% of annual global carbon fixation. Their diversity and activity are shaped by interactions with prokaryotes as part of complex microbiomes. Although differences in their local species diversity have been estimated, we still have a limited understanding of environmental conditions responsible for compositional differences between local species communities on a large scale from pole to pole. Here, we show, based on pole-to-pole phytoplankton metatranscriptomes and microbial rDNA sequencing, that environmental differences between polar and non-polar upper oceans most strongly impact the large-scale spatial pattern of biodiversity and gene activity in algal microbiomes. The geographic differentiation of co-occurring microbes in algal microbiomes can be well explained by the latitudinal temperature gradient and associated break points in their beta diversity, with an average breakpoint at 14 °C ± 4.3, separating cold and warm upper oceans. As global warming impacts upper ocean temperatures, we project that break points of beta diversity move markedly pole-wards. Hence, abrupt regime shifts in algal microbiomes could be caused by anthropogenic climate change.

Date: 2021
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