Publication Date:
2024-03-15
Description:
Ocean acidification (OA) can shift the ecological balance between interacting organisms. In this study, we have used a model-system to illustrate the interaction between a calcifying host-organism, the blue mussel Mytilus edulis, and a common bivalve bacterial-pathogen, Vibrio tubiashii, with organisms being exposed to a level of acidification projected to occur by the end of the 21st century. OA exposures of the mussels were carried out in relative long-term (4 months) and short-term (4 days) experiments. We found no effect of OA on the culturability of V. tubiashii, in broth or in seawater. OA inhibited mussel shell growth and impaired crystalline shell structures but did not appear to affect mussel immune parameters (i.e hemocyte counts and phagocytotic capacity). Despite no evident impact on host immunity or growth and virulence of the pathogen, V. tubiashii was clearly more successful in infecting mussels exposed to long-term OA compared to those maintained under ambient conditions. Moreover, OA exposed V. tubiashii increased their viability when exposed to hemocytes of OA treated mussel. Our findings suggest that even though host-organisms may have the capacity to cope with periods of OA, these conditions may alter the out-come of host-pathogen interactions, favoring the success of the latter.
Keywords:
Acid-base regulation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Bacteria; Bacteria, abundance in colony forming units; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Category; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or 〈 1 m**2); Density, optical standard deviation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth; Growth/Morphology; Growth rate, standard error; Haemolymph, pH; Haemolymph, pH, standard error; Hemocytes; Hemocytes, standard error; Heterotrophic prokaryotes; Hsp70 units per protein; Hsp70 units per protein, standard error; Identification; Laboratory experiment; Mollusca; Month; Mortality/Survival; Mytilus edulis; North Atlantic; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Optical density; Optical density, standard error; Other studied parameter or process; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH; pH, standard deviation; Phagocytotic units; Phagocytotic units, standard error; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Proteobacteria; Registration number of species; Salinity; Salinity, standard error; Species; Species interaction; Survival; Survival rate, standard deviation; Temperate; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Time in days; Time in hours; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Vibrio tubiashii
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 1838 data points
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