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  • Marine biology
  • Chemical ecology
  • Phytoplankton dynamics

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  • Harmful algae employ allelopathy, releasing compounds to inhibit competitors.
  • Algal allelopathic potency and competitor responses vary significantly between species and strains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To link biological variability in allelopathic potency to chemical variation in Karenia brevis exuded metabolomes.
  • To investigate the impact of K. brevis allelopathy on the growth of the competitor Asterionellopsis glacialis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyze exuded metabolomes of five K. brevis strains.
  • Assessed the growth response of A. glacialis to allelopathic and non-allelopathic K. brevis strains.

Main Results:

  • K. brevis allelopathy effects on A. glacialis ranged from inhibition to stimulation.
  • Identified three distinct metabolic modalities (allelopathic, non-allelopathic, stimulatory) in K. brevis.
  • Allelopathic strains showed higher concentrations of fatty acid-derived lipids and polyunsaturated compounds.

Conclusions:

  • Chemical variability in phytoplankton metabolomes is a key, underutilized factor in understanding allelopathy.
  • Phytoplankton chemical ecology and bloom dynamics can be better understood by considering metabolic variability.