Cyanobacterial endobionts within a major marine planktonic calcifier (<i>Globigerina bulloides</i>, Foraminifera) revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding

Bird, Clare; Darling, Kate F.; Russell, Ann D.; Davis, Catherine V.; Fehrenbacher, Jennifer; Free, Andrew; Wyman, Michael; Ngwenya, Bryne T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-901-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-901-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-901-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

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28 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 28 Feb 2017

Cyanobacterial endobionts within a major marine planktonic calcifier (Globigerina bulloides, Foraminifera) revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding

Clare Bird, Kate F. Darling, Ann D. Russell, Catherine V. Davis, Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Andrew Free, Michael Wyman, and Bryne T. Ngwenya

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SC1: 'Really endobionts?Synechococcus?', Yoshiyuki Ishitani, 28 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to SC1', Clare Bird, 05 Dec 2016
SC2: 'Misleading title and inaccuracies', Th Grebert, 05 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to SC2', Clare Bird, 07 Dec 2016
RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2016
- AC4: 'Response to referee #1', Clare Bird, 11 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Response to referee #2', Clare Bird, 09 Jan 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Jan 2017) by Hiroshi Kitazato

AR by Clare Bird on behalf of the Authors (26 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Feb 2017) by Hiroshi Kitazato

AR by Clare Bird on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2017)

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Accurate ecological data on planktic foraminifera (calcifying microbes that play an important role in the carbon cycle) are important for modelling their response to climate change. We studied the species G. bulloides. A lack of algal symbionts and unusual shell chemistry suggest a different life history compared to other spinose species. We demonstrate that G. bulloides hosts cyanobacterial endobionts. This has implications for modelling this species and for understanding its shell chemistry.