Genomics of "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarium", a Cyanobacterial Sponge Symbiont

Conference · Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1241192

Slaby, Beate M. ^[1]; Copeland, Alex ^[2]; Woyke, Tanja ^[2]; Hentschel, Ute ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Wuerzburg (Germany)
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Walnut Creek, CA (United States). Dept. of Energy Joint Genome Inst.

Marine sponges (Porifera): ancient metazoans of ecological importance, that produce bioactive secondary metabolites and interact with various microorganisms including cyanobacteria1: Marine Synechococcus spp.: cyanobacteria, important contributors to the global carbon cycle and major primary producers in the oceans2 Ca. S. spongiarum: an ecotype of this genus, widespread and abundant symbiont of various marine sponges around the world3, e.g. Aplysina aerophoba

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1241192
• Report Number(s): LBNL--7072E
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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free-living ecotypes
phylogenetic data Synechococcus spp