@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {12452},
      author = {Younker, Isaac T. and Molnar, Nichos and Scorza, Kaylie  and Weed, Roo and Light, Samuel H. and Pfister, Catherine  A.},
      title = {Bacteria on the foundational kelp in kelp forest  ecosystems: Insights from culturing, whole genome  sequencing and metabolic assays},
      journal = {Environmental Microbiology Reports},
      address = {2024-05-22},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {In coastal marine ecosystems, kelp forests serve as a  vital habitat for numerous species and significantly  influence local nutrient cycles. Bull kelp, or Nereocystis  luetkeana, is a foundational species in the iconic kelp  forests of the northeast Pacific Ocean and harbours a  complex microbial community with potential implications for  kelp health. Here, we report the isolation and functional  characterisation of 16 Nereocystis-associated bacterial  species, comprising 13 Gammaproteobacteria, 2  Flavobacteriia and 1 Actinomycetia. Genome analyses of  these isolates highlight metabolisms potentially beneficial  to the host, such as B vitamin synthesis and nitrogen  retention. Assays revealed that kelp-associated bacteria  thrive on amino acids found in high concentrations in the  ocean and in the kelp (glutamine and asparagine),  generating ammonium that may facilitate host nitrogen  acquisition. Multiple isolates have genes indicative of  interactions with key elemental cycles in the ocean,  including carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. We thus report a  collection of kelp-associated microbial isolates that  provide functional insight for the future study of  kelp–microbe interactions.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12452},
}