16S rRNA Phylogeny of Sponge-Associated Cyanobacteria

16S rRNA Phylogeny of Sponge-Associated Cyanobacteria

Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA sequences of sponge-associated cyanobacteria showed them to be polyphyletic, implying that they derived from multiple independent symbiotic events. Most of the symbiont sequences were affiliated to a group of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus species. However, other...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 71; no. 7; pp. 4127 - 4131
Main Authors: Steindler, Laura, Huchon, Dorothée, Avni, Adi, Ilan, Micha
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-07-2005
Subjects:
Animals
Bacteria
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Cyanobacteria - classification
Cyanobacteria - genetics
Cyanophyta
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
DNA, Ribosomal - analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetics
Microbial Ecology
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Oscillatoriales
Phylogeny
Porifera - microbiology
Prochlorococcus
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Symbiosis
Synechococcus
Systematics
Porifera
Ribosomal RNA
Cyanobacteria
16S-RNA
Bacteria
Phylogeny
Invertebrata
Symbiont
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Summary:Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA sequences of sponge-associated cyanobacteria showed them to be polyphyletic, implying that they derived from multiple independent symbiotic events. Most of the symbiont sequences were affiliated to a group of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus species. However, other symbionts were related to different groups, such as the OSCILLATORIALES:
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Plant Sciences, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Phone: 972-3-6409125. Fax: 972-3-6409380. E-mail: lauras@post.tau.ac.il.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/AEM.71.7.4127-4131.2005