Evidence of a putative deep sea specific microbiome in marine sponges.

Evidence of a putative deep sea specific microbiome in marine sponges.

The microbiota of four individual deep water sponges, Lissodendoryx diversichela, Poecillastra compressa, Inflatella pellicula, and Stelletta normani, together with surrounding seawater were analysed by pyrosequencing of a region of the 16S rRNA gene common to Bacteria and Archaea. Due to sampling c...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Kennedy, Burkhardt Flemer, Stephen A Jackson, John P Morrissey, Fergal O'Gara, Alan D W Dobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966782?pdf=render

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