Metagenomic mining of two Egyptian Red Sea sponges associated microbial community.

ABSTRACT: The Red Sea is a promising habitat for the discovery of new bioactive marine natural products. Sponges associated microorganisms represent a wealthy source of compounds with unique chemical structures and diverse biological activities. Metagenomics is an important omics-based culture-independent technique that is used as an effective tool to get genomic and functional information on sponge symbionts. In this study, we used metagenomic analysis of two Egyptian Red Sea sponges Hyrtios erectus and Phorbas topsenti microbiomes to study the biodiversity and the biosynthetic potential of the Red Sea sponges to produce bioactive compounds. Our data revealed high biodiversity of the two sponges' microbiota with phylum Proteobacteria as the most dominant phylum in the associated microbial community

SUBMITTER: Samak ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11351353 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature