Assessing the Diversity and Biomedical Potential of Microbes Associated With the Neptune's Cup Sponge, Cliona patera.

ABSTRACT: Marine sponges are known to host a complex microbial consortium that is essential to the health and resilience of these benthic invertebrates. These sponge-associated microbes are also an important source of therapeutic agents. The Neptune's Cup sponge, Cliona patera, once believed to be extinct, was rediscovered off the southern coast of Singapore in 2011. The chance discovery of this sponge presented an opportunity to characterize the prokaryotic community of C. patera. Sponge tissue samples were collected from the inner cup, outer cup and stem of C. patera for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. C. patera hosted 5,222 distinct OTUs, spanning 26 bacterial phyla, and 74 bacterial classes. The bacterial phylum Proteobacteria, particularly classes Gammaproteo

SUBMITTER: Ho XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8277423 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature