Nature Communications (Jun 2016)
Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome
- Torsten Thomas,
- Lucas Moitinho-Silva,
- Miguel Lurgi,
- Johannes R. Björk,
- Cole Easson,
- Carmen Astudillo-García,
- Julie B. Olson,
- Patrick M. Erwin,
- Susanna López-Legentil,
- Heidi Luter,
- Andia Chaves-Fonnegra,
- Rodrigo Costa,
- Peter J. Schupp,
- Laura Steindler,
- Dirk Erpenbeck,
- Jack Gilbert,
- Rob Knight,
- Gail Ackermann,
- Jose Victor Lopez,
- Michael W. Taylor,
- Robert W. Thacker,
- Jose M. Montoya,
- Ute Hentschel,
- Nicole S. Webster
Affiliations
- Torsten Thomas
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Lucas Moitinho-Silva
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Miguel Lurgi
- The Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Johannes R. Björk
- Ecological Networks and Global Change Group, Experimental and Theoretical Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Cole Easson
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Carmen Astudillo-García
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
- Julie B. Olson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
- Patrick M. Erwin
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, and Center for Marine Science. University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Susanna López-Legentil
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, and Center for Marine Science. University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Heidi Luter
- NAMRA and the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
- Andia Chaves-Fonnegra
- Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University
- Rodrigo Costa
- Microbial Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Centre of Marine Sciences, Algarve University
- Peter J. Schupp
- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, ICBM, University of Oldenburg
- Laura Steindler
- Department of Marine Biology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa
- Dirk Erpenbeck
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and GeoBio-CenterLMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
- Jack Gilbert
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
- Rob Knight
- Departments of Pediatrics and Computer Science and Engineering and Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive
- Gail Ackermann
- Departments of Pediatrics and Computer Science and Engineering and Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive
- Jose Victor Lopez
- Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University
- Michael W. Taylor
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
- Robert W. Thacker
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
- Jose M. Montoya
- Ecological Networks and Global Change Group, Experimental and Theoretical Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Ute Hentschel
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- Nicole S. Webster
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11870
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Sponges are early-diverging marine organisms that establish complex symbioses with microorganisms. Here, Thomas et al.analyse the microbial communities associated with 81 species of sponges from around the world, shedding light on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of these host-microbe associations.
