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Article Dans Une Revue The International Society of Microbiologial Ecology Journal Année : 2018

Microbial parasites make cyanobacteria blooms less of a trophic dead end than commonly assumed

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Parasites exist in every ecosystem and can have large influence on food web structure and function, yet, we know little about parasites’ effect on food web dynamics. Here we investigate the role of microbial parasitism (viruses of bacteria, phytoplankton and cyanobacteria, and parasitic chytrids on cyanobacteria) on the dynamics of trophic pathways and food web functioning during a cyanobacteria bloom, using linear inverse food web modeling parameterized with a 2-month long data set (biomasses, infection parameters, etc.). We show the importance of grazing on heterotrophic bacteria (the microbial pathway: DOC → bacteria → consumer) and how consumers depended on bacteria during peak-cyanobacteria bloom, which abundance was partly driven by the viral activity. As bacteria become the main energy pathway to the consumers, the system takes a more web-like structure through increased omnivory, and may thereby facilitate the system’s persistence to the cyanobacteria outbreak. We also showed how the killing of cyanobacteria host cells by chytrids had important impact on the food web dynamics by facilitating grazing on the cyanobacteria, and by offering alternative pathways to the consumers. This seemed to increase the system’s ability to return to a mix of trophic pathways, which theoretically increases the stability of the system.

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hal-01981933 , version 1 (15-01-2019)

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Matilda Haraldsson, Mélanie Gerphagnon, Pauline Bazin, Jonathan Colombet, Samuele Tecchio, et al.. Microbial parasites make cyanobacteria blooms less of a trophic dead end than commonly assumed. The International Society of Microbiologial Ecology Journal, 2018, 12, pp.1008-1020. ⟨10.1038/s41396-018-0045-9⟩. ⟨hal-01981933⟩
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