Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

The sponge microbiome within the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity

  • Daniel F. R. Cleary,
  • Thomas Swierts,
  • Francisco J. R. C. Coelho,
  • Ana R. M. Polónia,
  • Yusheng M. Huang,
  • Marina R. S. Ferreira,
  • Sumaitt Putchakarn,
  • Luis Carvalheiro,
  • Esther van der Ent,
  • Jinn-Pyng Ueng,
  • Newton C. M. Gomes,
  • Nicole J. de Voogd

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09537-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Here the authors holistically examine prokaryote communities associated with diverse coral reef hosts, including sponges, nudibranchs, sea cucumbers, and corals. The results show that sponges have a relatively low diversity of prokaryotes, most of which are shared across a wide range of host taxa rather than being sponge-specific.