@misc{10481/97035,
year = {2024},
month = {11},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/97035},
abstract = {Coastal waters are known for higher productivity and organic matter levels, which support
a high diversity and abundance of microorganisms compared to some aquatic environments.
The characterization of marine microbiomes can provide valuable information for evaluating the
sustainability of coastal waters that are increasingly subjected to environmental and human impacts.
Our study is the first metagenomic study realized on Moroccan Mediterranean coastal seawater. We
analyzed and described the Gibraltar Detroit marine microbiome taxonomic and functional profiling
using MG-RAST software. Shotgun sequencing revealed a predominance of bacterial taxa, particularly
the Proteobacteria (57.29%) and Bacteroidetes (27.06%) phyla, alongside notable populations of
eukaryotes, viruses, and archaea. Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria emerged as the
dominant bacterial classes, while Flavobacteria represented a significant portion of Bacteroidetes.
Functional profiling of the microbial community highlighted a wide array of metabolic pathways,
emphasizing genes related to carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid synthesis, and protein processing.
The marine microbiome exhibited essential biogeochemical activities, particularly in nitrogen,
sulfur, and carbon cycles, with notable pathways including denitrification, thiosulfate oxidation,
and carbon fixation. This functional diversity underlines the microbiome’s role in sustaining ecosystem
health through nutrient cycling and organic matter degradation. Our findings offer a crucial
baseline for understanding microbial community structure and resilience in Mediterranean coastal
ecosystems, with implications for assessing future environmental and anthropogenic impacts on
these microbial dynamics.},
organization = {EU MicroB3 project, funded by the European Union’s
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7; Joint Call OCEAN.2011-2: Marine microbial diversity-new
insights into marine ecosystems functioning and its biotechnological potential) under grant agreement
no. 287589 (Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) Consortium)},
organization = {US NIH grant recipient through the H3abionet/H3africa consortium U24HG006941 and the OSD
coordinator for Morocco},
organization = {internship at the Water Institute, Granada, Spain, for the 2022/23 academic year},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Mediterranean Sea},
keywords = {bacterial diversity},
keywords = {marine microbiome},
title = {Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Diversity in the Moroccan CoastalWater of the Gibraltar Strait},
doi = {10.3390/w16223202},
author = {Chrairi, Manal and Barrijal, Said and Castellano-Hinojosa, Antonio and Boumait, Youssra and El Hamouti, Chahrazade and Lamzouri, Afaf and Ghazal, Hassan and Chahboune, Rajaa},
}