Discovery of deep-sea coral symbionts from a novel clade of marine bacteria with severely reduced genomes

Abstract Microbes perform critical functions in corals, yet most knowledge is derived from the photic zone. Here, we discover two mollicutes that dominate the microbiome of the deep-sea octocoral, Callogorgia delta, and likely reside in the mesoglea. These symbionts are abundant across the host’s ra...

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Main Authors: Samuel A. Vohsen, Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka, Santiago Herrera, Nicole Dubilier, Charles R. Fisher, Iliana B. Baums
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53855-5
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