Project description
Bacteria-phytoplankton dynamics
Marine phytoplankton, such as diatoms, play a key role in biogeochemical cycles, as they carry out a significant part of photosynthesis on Earth. Therefore, their complex and dynamic interaction with bacteria is of utmost importance, as it can be symbiotic or antagonistic and affect phytoplankton function. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) DISKORDIA project focuses on the mechanisms by which algicidal bacteria induce lysis in algae as well as on phytoplankton resistance processes. Researchers aim to study genes and metabolites implicated in bacteria-medicated phytoplankton lysis. DISKORDIA results will improve our understanding of the interactions that take place in the aquatic environments which are central for the marine food web.
Objective
Interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton are increasingly recognized as a fundamental shaping force of microbial taxonomic and functional diversity and activity. Algicidal bacteria, found in several marine taxa, possess the ability to induce cellular lysis in marine phytoplankton. Research on cultured strains shows a variety of algicidal properties on distinct phytoplankton host spectra among different bacterial taxa. These observations hint to the existence of an array of diverse but poorly characterized mechanisms implicated at various stages of bacterial-phytoplankton warfare: partner recognition, triggers of lytic activity, bacterial algicidal apparatus, and phytoplankton resistance tools. The research proposed in the DISKORDIA project named after the Roman goddess of Strife Discordia aims to provide a deeper understanding of the molecular aspects of the interactions between the algicidal marine bacterial genus Kordia and diatoms, a diverse and ecologically important phytoplankton group. Cutting edge techniques such as transcriptomics and untargeted metabolomics will be combined to enable naive discovery of genes and metabolites potentially involved in bacterial induction and effectors of algicidal activity, and in diatom sensitivity or resistance. In addition, genetic tools will be applied to a model Kordia strain to produce the first genetic system for algicidal bacteria in the Bacteroidetes phylum and test the role of specific bacterial genes in algal lysis. Finally, the ecological relevance of the processes identified by these methods will be explored at a global scale by bioinformatic screening of existing metagenomic and metatranscriptomic datasets from diverse marine environments. Together, these approaches will improve our understanding of the molecular strategies implicated in bacterial algicidal activity and phytoplankton response, while providing tools and a conceptual framework for future studies of microbial interactions.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01
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75006 PARIS
France
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