Identification of bacterial diversity in the oyster Crassostrea gigas by fluorescent in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction
2006
Hernández-Zárate, G. | Olmos-Soto, J.
To carry out a rapid and reliable identification of bacterial diversity in the oyster Crassostrea gigas from Todos Santos Bay, México, in the current study we applied the molecular techniques of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In order to reach this goal, genus and group-specific oligonucleotides targeted to 16S rDNA/rRNA were used. Oysters were collected and different tissues were analysed by means of culture-independent methodologies. In the digestive glands and gonads [gamma]-Proteobacteria and Gram-positive bacteria with a low G+C content, were identified as metabolically active by FISH. In the oyster gills a higher active diversity was observed, including Gram-positive bacteria with a low and high G+C content, members of the Cytophaga/Flavobacterium cluster and [gamma]-Proteobacteria. Consistent with FISH analysis, the amplification of 16S rDNA genes fragments with genus and group-specific oligonucleotides confirmed the presence of the same groups, as well as members of the [alpha]- and [beta]-Proteobacterias, Pseudomonas spp. and Bacillus spp. The combination of accurate and very easy-to-apply molecular methods allowed us to carry out a rapid screening of high bacterial diversity in oysters. This work is the first report about bacterial diversity in oyster tissues analysed by FISH and PCR, without using culture-dependent methods and allowed us to determine the phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial communities present in oyster cultures, including bacteria with and without metabolic activity, as well as uncultivable cells, which are generally underestimated by traditional identification.
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