Comparative Genomics Reveals Ecological and Evolutionary Insights into Sponge-Associated Thaumarchaeota.

ABSTRACT: Thaumarchaeota are frequently reported to associate with marine sponges (phylum Porifera); however, little is known about the features that distinguish them from their free-living thaumarchaeal counterparts. In this study, thaumarchaeal metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were reconstructed from metagenomic data sets derived from the marine sponges Hexadella detritifera, Hexadella cf. detritifera, and Stylissa flabelliformis Phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses revealed that the three thaumarchaeal MAGs represent two new species within the genus Nitrosopumilus and one novel genus, for which we propose the names "Candidatus ^UNitrosopumilus hexadellus," "Candidatus ^UNitrosopumilus detritiferus," and "Candidatus</

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697440 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature