Open AccessWidespread Distribution of Poribacteria in Demospongiae
Author(s) -
Feras F. Lafi,
John A. Fuerst,
Lars Fieseler,
Cäcilia Engels,
Winnie Wei Ling Goh,
Ute Hentschel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.00035-09
Subject(s) - sponge , clade , biology , phylogenetic tree , zoology , cosmopolitan distribution , phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , ecology , paleontology , genetics , gene
Poribacteria were found in nine sponge species belonging to six orders of Porifera from three oceans. Phylogenetic analysis revealed four distinct poribacterial clades, which contained organisms obtained from several different geographic regions, indicating that the distribution of poribacteria is cosmopolitan. Members of divergent poribacterial clades were also found in the same sponge species in three different sponge genera.
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