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Microbial diversity of sponge/Coral microbiome

The ocean is the largest habitat on our planet for microbes. These microorganisms play a key role in global biogeochemical cycles. Still we are missing more detail on their phylogenetic, genomic and metabolic diversity. Microbes play a key role in the sponge and corals biology.Sponges and corals can not longer be considered as autonomous entities but rather as holobionts. The microbes contribute to the nutrition, defense, immunity, and development of the host. Associated microbes can comprise as much as half of their tissue volume, with densities in excess of 109 CFU of sponge tissue, several orders of magnitude higher than those typical for seawater. Each of the three domains of life, i.e., Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya (single-celled eukaryotes ; fungi and microalgae), are now known to reside within sponges and corals. This chapter focuses on domains of life that are present in sponges and corals and give an overview of their biodiversity and significance: 1. Microbes in sponge ; 2. Microbes in corals

bacteria, fungi, sponge corals

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