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The sedimentary microenvironment of a sessile epibenthic deep-sea species, the small demosponge Tentorium semisuberites, has been investigated to determine its effect on the distribu- tion, physiology and community structure of benthic bacteria and archaea. The upper sediment lay- ers (0 to 2 cm) in the immediate sponge vicinity were characterized by an increased bacterial coloni- sation with cell abundances on average 3 times higher than those in reference sediments. Similar results were obtained for bacterial secondary production, measured by simultaneous incorporation of the radioactive-labeled substrates 3 H-thymidine and 14 C-leucine. Our data show a high heterogene- ity of deep-sea sediments with a pronounced patchy distribution of particulate organic carbon (POC), and a significant enrichment of POC in the sediments next to T. semisuberites. Cell-specific 3 H-thymidine and 14 C-leucine incorporation rates indicate that the quality rather than the quantity of POC around sponges may lead to the observed increase in cell abundances and protein synthesis. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis revealed that the sponges sup- port a specific benthic bacterial and archaeal community with some unique OTUs (Operational Tax- onomic Units), while other OTUs were entirely missing from its surrounding microenvironment. Our data indicate that the small demosponge T. semisuberites causes highly productive patches as hot spots of biochemical cycling, potentially increasing habitat heterogeneity in deep-sea sediments.

Prokaryotic community dynamics in the sedimentary microenvironment of the demosponge Tentorium semisuberites from deep Arctic waters