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Analyzing Gene Expression from Marine Microbial Communities using Environmental Transcriptomics

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Environmental RNA metabarcoding for ballast water microbial diversity: Minimizing false positives.

Zhaozhao Xue¹, Wen Tian², Yangchun Han³

¹Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, China.

The Science of the Total Environment

|October 14, 2024

Summary

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Environmental RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding offers a more accurate method for monitoring bacteria in ballast water. This approach reduces false positives often seen with environmental DNA (eDNA) methods, ensuring better detection of live bacteria.

Keywords:

Ballast water management Environmental DNA Environmental RNA Living organism discrimination

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Area of Science:

Marine Biology
Microbiology
Environmental Science

Background:

Maritime transport facilitates global trade but poses risks for spreading harmful bacteria through ballast water.
Ballast tanks can contain extracellular DNA from dead organisms, leading to inaccurate results in environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding.
Accurate monitoring of ballast water microbial communities is crucial for preventing the spread of invasive species and pathogens.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of environmental RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding for monitoring bacterial communities in ballast water.
To compare the performance of eRNA metabarcoding against traditional eDNA metabarcoding in reducing false positive detections.
To assess the ability of eRNA metabarcoding to differentiate between live and dead bacterial cells in ballast water samples.

Main Methods:

Collected eDNA and eRNA samples in parallel from ballast water on three vessels before and after disinfection.
Utilized high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene regions (DNA) and their cDNA counterparts (RNA).
Compared bacterial community composition and diversity derived from eDNA and eRNA metabarcoding analyses.

Main Results:

Both eRNA and eDNA metabarcoding detected over 80% of the top 150 abundant bacterial amplicon sequence variants (ASVs).
eDNA metabarcoding identified 42% more ASVs than eRNA, suggesting a higher rate of false positives due to dead organisms.
eRNA metabarcoding showed significantly lower bacterial diversity in treated samples, indicating a better detection of live bacteria.

Conclusions:

eRNA metabarcoding provides comparable bacterial community recovery efficiency to eDNA metabarcoding.
eRNA metabarcoding significantly reduces false positive detections, offering a more reliable method for ballast water monitoring.
This RNA-based approach is effective in assessing the presence of live bacteria, crucial for understanding the biological risks associated with ballast water.