mBio (Oct 2021)

Comparative Genomics Provides Insight into the Function of Broad-Host Range Sponge Symbionts

  • Samantha C. Waterworth,
  • Shirley Parker-Nance,
  • Jason C. Kwan,
  • Rosemary A. Dorrington

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01577-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5

Abstract

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Marine sponges often form symbiotic relationships with bacteria that fulfil a specific need within the sponge holobiont, and these symbionts are often conserved within a narrow range of related taxa. To date, there exist only three known bacterial taxa ( EntoporibacteriaSAULTethybacterales