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

Abstract

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