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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, p. 1437-1444, Vol. 75, No. 5
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01781-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Tissue-Associated "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola" and Filamentous Bacteria on the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia){triangledown} ,{dagger}

Sven C. Neulinger,1* Andrea Gärtner,2 Johanna Järnegren,3 Martin Ludvigsen,4 Karin Lochte,1 and Wolf-Christian Dullo2

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany,1 Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR), Wischhofstrasse 1-3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany,2 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway,3 Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway4

Received 1 August 2008/ Accepted 23 December 2008

The cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) is a key species in the formation of cold-water reefs, which are among the most diverse deep-sea ecosystems. It occurs in two color varieties: white and red. Bacterial communities associated with Lophelia have been investigated in recent years, but the role of the associated bacteria remains largely obscure. This study uses catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in situ hybridization to detect the in situ location of specific bacterial groups on coral specimens from the Trondheimsfjord (Norway). Two tissue-associated groups were identified: (i) bacteria on the host's tentacle ectoderm, "Candidatus Mycoplasma corallicola," are flasklike, pointed cells and (ii) endoderm-associated bona fide TM7 bacteria form long filaments in the gastral cavity. These tissue-bound bacteria were found in all coral specimens from the Trondheimsfjord, indicating a closer relationship with the coral compared to bacterial assemblages present in coral mucus and gastric fluid.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR), West Shore Campus, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. Phone: 49 431 600-1987. Fax: 49 431 600-4452. E-mail: sneulinger{at}ifm-geomar.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 December 2008.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, p. 1437-1444, Vol. 75, No. 5
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01781-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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