Metagenomic Assessment of DNA Viral Diversity in Freshwater Sponges, Baikalospongia bacillifera.

ABSTRACT: Sponges (type Porifera) are multicellular organisms that give shelter to a variety of microorganisms: fungi, algae, archaea, bacteria, and viruses. The studies concerning the composition of viral communities in sponges have appeared rather recently, and the diversity and role of viruses in sponge holobionts remain largely undisclosed. In this study, we assessed the diversity of DNA viruses in the associated community of the Baikal endemic sponge, Baikalospongia bacillifera, using a metagenomic approach, and compared the virome data from samples of sponges and Baikal water (control sample). Significant differences in terms of taxonomy, putative host range of identified scaffolds, and functional annotation of predicted viral proteins were revealed in viromes of sponge B. bacillifer

SUBMITTER: Butina TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876492 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature