Bacterial composition and putative functions associated with sponges, sediment and seawater from the Tioman coral reef system, Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ana Cecília da Cruz Piresa, Vanessa Oliveira, Daniel Francis Richard Cleary, Ana Rita Moura Polónia, Francisco José Riso Costa Coelho, Zarinah Waheed, Nicole Joy de Voogd, Newton Carlos Marcial Gomes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Subjects: QH301-705.5 Biology (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32553/1/Bacterial%20composition%20and%20putative%20functions%20associated%20with%20sponges%2C%20sediment%20and%20seawater%20from%20the%20Tioman%20coral%20reef%20system%2C%20Peninsular%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32553/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17451000.2021.1891250?journalCode=smar20; https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1891250

Microbial communities associated with sponges play important roles in sponge health, defence and nutrient dynamics in coral reef systems. Here, we used a 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing approach in order to test for differences in bacterial composition and predictive functional differences...