Ecosym - Bouvier Thierry

Bouvier Thierry

Chargé de recherche CNRS

Equipe : Dynamique et diversité des populations planctoniques (DROP)

Laboratoire ECOSYM "Laboratoire Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers"

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Education

B.A. 1988, Analytical laboratory techniques, “Université de Bretagne” at Quimper.
M. Sc. 1994, Biogeochemical oceanography, “Université de Bordeaux”.
Ph. D. 1998, Marine ecology, “Université Libre de Bruxelles” at Brussels and “Université de Montpellier2”.

Research interests
Microbial ecology of the aquatic systems. Phylogenetic and physiologic structures and dynamics of bacterial community. Links between bacterial diversity, community metabolism and physiologic activity. Single cell analysis of phage/host interactions. Life cycles and strategies of phages in aquatic systems. Macroorganism-microorganism relationships.

Current and recent projects

Microbial hypothesis of coral bleaching.
Ecological niche dimension of temperate and tropical virio- and bacterioplankton communities: salt and temperature tolerance.
Phages induced mortality effect on bacterial diversity: comparison with other structuring factors.
Abiotic and biotic effects on viral/host interaction.
Diversity-Production debate within prokaryotes.
Insurance hypothesis: experimental approaches.

Teaching

Aquatic bacterial and viral ecology, Marine microbiology.

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Students

Students interested to do a period of work experience are encouraged to contact me directly by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Preformatted subject are generally available on Master and Doctoral school’s web sites. However, students have great freedom in developping research topics within our general interests.

Publications

Maurice C, Bouvier C, de Wit R, Bouvier T (2013) Linking the lytic and lysogenic bacteriophage cycles to environmental conditions, host physiology, and their variability in coastal lagoons. Environmental Microbiology (in print).

Bouvier T, Venail P, Pommier T, Bouvier C, Barbera C, Mouquet N (2012) Contrasted effects of diversity and immigration on ecological insurance in marine bacterioplankton communities. PloS ONE (in press).

Domaizon I, Lepère C, Debroas D, Ghiglione J-F, Jacquet S, Bouvy M, Bettarel Y, Bouvier C, J-P Torréton, Vidussi F, Mostajir B, Kirkham A, LeFloch E, Fouilland E, Montanié H, and Bouvier T. (2012) Short-term responses of unicellular planktonic eukaryotes to increases in temperature and UVB radiation. BMC Microbiology. 12: 202-

Bettarel Y., Nguyen thanh Thuy, Tran quang Huy, Phan kim Hoang, Bouvier T. (2012) Observation of virus-like particles in thin sections of the bleaching scleractinian coral Acropora cytherea. Journal of the Marine Association of the United Kingdom. FirstView 1-4.

Leruste A, Bouvier T, Bettarel Y (2012) Enumerating viruses in coral mucus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78: 6377-6379.

Mouchet M., Bouvier C., Bouvier T., Troussellier M., Escalas A., Mouillot D. (2012) Genetic difference but functional similarity among fish gut bacterial communities through molecular and biochemical fingerprints. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 79:568-580.

Mari X., Torréton JP., Bich-Thuy Trinh C., Bouvier T., Chu Van Thuoc, Lefebvre JP., Ouillon S. (2012) Aggregation dynamics along a salinity gradient in the Bach Dang estuary, North Vietnam. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 96:151-158.

Bouvier T., Maurice C.F. (2011) A single-cell analysis of virioplankton adsorption, infection and intracellular abundance in different bacterioplankton physiologic categories. Microbial Ecology. 62:669-678.

Bettarel Y., Bouvier T., Agis M., Bouvier C., Chu Van Thuoc, Combe M., Mari X., Minh Nghiem Ngoc, Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Pham The Thu, Pringault O., Rochelle-Newall E., Torréton J-P., Tran Quang Huy (2011) Viral distribution and life strategies in the Bach Dang estuary, Vietnam. Microbial Ecology. 62:143-154.

Bouvy M., Bettarel Y., Bouvier C., Domaizon I., Jacquet S., Le Floc'h E., Montanié H., Mostajir B., Sime-Ngando T., Torréton J-P., Vidussi F., Bouvier T. (2011) Trophic interactions between viruses, bacteria and nanoflagellates under various nutrient conditions and simulated climate change. Environmental Microbiology. 13: 1842-1857.

Rochelle-Newall E., Thuoc V Chu, Pringault O., Amouroux D., Arfi R., Bettarel Y., Bouvier T., Bouvier C., Got P., Huyen T Nguyen, Mari X., Navarro P., Nghi T Duong, Trang T Cao, Thu T Pham, Ouillon S., Torréton JP (2011) Phytoplankton distribution and productivity in a highly turbid, tropical coastal system (Bach Dang Estuary, Vietnam). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 62:2317-2329.

Bettarel Y, Bouvier T, Bouvier C, Carre C, Desnues A, Domaizon I, Jacquet S, Robin A, Sime-Ngando T (2011) Ecological traits of planktonic viruses and prokaryotes along a full salinity gradient. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 76:360-372.

Condon RH, Steinberg DK, del Giorgio PA, Bouvier TC, Bronk DA, Grahamb WM, and Ducklow HW (2011) Jellyﬁsh blooms result in a major microbial respiratory sink of carbon in marine systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108:10225-10230.

Gravel D, Bell T, Barbera C, Bouvier T, Pomier T, Venail P, Mouquet N (2011) Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity-productivity relationship. Nature. 469:89-92.

del Giorgio PA, Gasol JM, Condon R, Longnecker K, Bouvier T, Bouvier C, Sherr E (2011) Coherent patterns in bacterial growth, growth efficiency, and leucine metabolism along a northeast Pacific inshore-offshore transect. Limnology & Oceanography. 56: 1-16.

Vidussi F, Mostajir B, Fuilland E, Le Floc'h E, Nouguier J, Roques C, Got P, Thibault-Botha D, Bouvier T, Troussellier M (2011) Effects of experiemental warming and increased ultraviolet B radiation on the Mediterranean plankton food web. Limnology & Oceanography, 56: 206-218.

Maurice CF, Mouillot D, Bettarel Y, deWit R, Sarmento H, Bouvier T (2010) Disentangling the relative influence of bacterioplankton, phylogeny and metabolism on lysony in reservoirs and lagoons. ISME J. 5: 831-842.

Winter C, Bouvier T, Weinbauer MG, Thingstad TF (2010) The “killing the winner” hypothesis revisited – trade-offs between competition and defense specialists in unicellular planktonic organisms. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 74:42-57.

Maurice CF, Bouvier T, Comte J, Guillemette F, del Giorgio PA (2010) Seasonal variations of phage life strategies and bacterial physiological states in three northern temperate lakes. Environmental Microbiology, 12:628-641.

Bettarel Y, Bouvier T, Bouvy M (2009) Viral persistence in water as evaluated from a tropical/temperate cross-incubation. Journal of Plankton Research. 31 :909-916.

Bettarel Y, Arfi R, Bouvier T, Bouvy M, Briand E, Colombet J, Corbin D, Sime-Ngando T (2008) Virioplankton distribution and activity in a tropical eutrophicated bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 80:425-429.

Venail PA, MacLean RC, Bouvier T, Brockhurst MA, Hochberg ME, Mouquet N (2008) Diversity and productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities. . 452:210-214.

Bouvier T., del Giorgio P.A. and Gasol J.M. (2007) A comparative study of the cytometric characteristics of High and Low-nucleic-acid bacterioplankton cells from different aquatic ecosystems. Environmental microbiology. 9:2050-2066.

Bouvier T. and del Giorgio P.A. (2007) Key role of selective viral-induced mortality in determining marine bacterial community composition. Environmental microbiology. 9:287-297.

Wit (de) R. and Bouvier T. (2006) 'Everything is everywhere, but, the environment selects'; what did Baas Becking and Beijerinck really say? Environmental Microbiology. 8:755-758.

Bouvier, T. and del Giorgio P.A. (2003) Factors influencing the detection of bacterial cells using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH): A quantitative review of published reports. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 44:3-15.

del Giorgio P.A. and Bouvier T.C. (2002) Linking the physiologic and phylogenetic successions in free- living bacterial communities along an estuarine salinity gradient. Limnology and Oceanography. 47:471-486.

Bouvier, T.C. and del Giorgio P.A. (2002) Compositional changes in free-living bacterial communities along a salinity gradient in two temperate estuaries. Limnology and Oceanography 47:453-470.

Bouvier T., Troussellier M., Anzil A., Courties C., and Servais P. (2001) Using light scatter signal to estimate bacterial biovolume by flow cytometry. Cytometry 44:188-194.

Bouvier T., Becquevort S. and Lancelot C. (1998) Biomass and feeding activity of phagotrophic mixotrophs in the northwestern Black Sea during the summer 1995. Hydrobiologia 363: 289-301.

Becquevort S., Bouvier, T., Lancelot C., Cauwet G., Deliat G., Egorov V.N., and Popovichev V.N. (2000) The seasonal modulation of organic matter utilization by bacteria in the Danube-Black Sea mixing zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 50.

Wit (de) R., Relexans J.C., Bouvier T. and J.W. Moriarty, 1997. Microbial respiration and diffusive oxygen uptake of deep-sea sediments in the Southern Ocean (ANTARES-I cruise). Deep Sea. Research, 44:1053-1068.

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