Pyrosequencing reveals sponge specific bacterial communities in marine sponges of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial communities of marine sponges are believed to be an important partner for host survival but remain poorly studied. Sponges show difference in richness and abundance of microbial population inhabiting them. Three marine sponges belonging to the species of Pione vastifica, Siphonochalina siphonella and Suberea mollis were collected from Red sea in Jeddah and were investigated using high throughput sequencing. Highly diverse communities containing 105 OTUs were identified in S. mollis host. Only 61 and 43 OTUs were found in P. vastifica and S. siphonella respectively. We identified 10 different bacterial phyla and 31 genera using 27,356 sequences. Most of the OTUs belong to phylum Proteobacteria (29%-99%) comprising of Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Deltaproteobacteri

SUBMITTER: Bibi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933160 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature