20.500.12556/DiRROS-21766 Jellyfish modulate bacterial dynamic and community structure Jellyfish blooms have increased in coastal areas around the world and the outbreaks have become longer and more frequent over the past few decades. The Mediterranean Sea is among the heavily affected regions and the common bloom - forming taxa are scyphozoans Aurelia aurita s.l., Pelagia noctiluca, and Rhizostoma pulmo. Jellyfish have few natural predators, therefore their carcasses at the termination of a bloom represent an organic-rich substrate that supports rapid bacterial growth, and may have a large impact on the surrounding environment. The focus of this study was to explore whether jellyfish substrate have an impact on bacterial community phylotype selection. We conducted in situ jellyfish - enrichment experiment with three different jellyfish species. Bacterial dynamic together with nutrients were monitored to assess decaying jellyfish-bacteria dynamics. Our results show that jellyfish biomass is characterized by protein rich organic matter, which is highly bioavailable to ‘jellyfish - associated’ and ‘free - living’ bacteria, and triggers rapid shifts in bacterial population dynamics and composition. Based on 16S rRNA clone libraries and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis, we observed a rapid shift in community composition from unculturable Alphaproteobacteria to culturable species of Gammaproteobacteria and Flavobacteria. The results of sequence analyses of bacterial isolates and of total bacterial community determined by culture independent genetic analysis showed the dominance of the Pseudoalteromonadaceae and the Vibrionaceae families. Elevated levels of dissolved proteins, dissolved organic and inorganic nutrient release, bacterial abundance and carbon production as well as ammonium concentrations characterized the degradation process. The biochemical composition of jellyfish species may influence changes in the amount of accumulated dissolved organic and inorganic nutrients. Our results can contribute insights into possible changes in bacterial population dynamics and nutrient pathways following jellyfish blooms which have important implications for ecology of coastal waters. sea medusae research programmes DGGE Pelagia noctiluca gel electrophoresis oligotrophic waters Adriatic Sea jellyfish gelatinous zooplankton bacteria flavobacteria morje meduze raziskovanje morja bakterije mikrobi pojavljanje meduz pelagial Pelagia noctiluca Aurelia aurita Rhizostoma pulmo Flavobacteria 16s rRNA true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-03-26 10:16:27 2025-03-26 10:16:27 2025-10-24 03:49:46 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2012 0 0 Opis vira z dne 26. 6. 2012; str. 1-11 iss. 6 Vol. 7 2012 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2012-06-20 574.5 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0039274 2589519 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039274 1 0037ca56-0a23-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31355 RAZ_Tinta_Tinkara_2012.pdf RAZ_Tinta_Tinkara_2012.pdf 1 FDCB6178F669818596CD0EED15EF9859 08f14c5d8aabc0a19ae30fe49c2dc252b73735e1d1c96acfb170a79cd58e4d40 244073ab-0a23-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31356 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039274 0 2add9908-0a23-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31357 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0