AUTHOR=Jaspers Cornelia , Weiland-Bräuer Nancy , Fischer Martin A. , Künzel Sven , Schmitz Ruth A. , Reusch Thorsten B. H. TITLE=Microbiota Differences of the Comb Jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in Native and Invasive Sub-Populations JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science VOLUME=6 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00635 DOI=10.3389/fmars.2019.00635 ISSN=2296-7745 ABSTRACT=
The translocation of non-indigenous species around the world, especially in marine systems, is a matter of concern for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem functioning. While specific physical and ecological traits are often recognized to influence the success in the establishment of non-indigenous species, the impact of the associated microbiota for the fitness and performance of basal marine metazoans remains vastly unknown. However, for the elucidation of the microbial impact on host fitness, first the diversity of the associated microbiota has to be characterized. In this study, we compared bacterial composition patterns of the invasive ctenophore