Evidence of habitat specificity in sponge microbiomes from Antarctica
This study provides significant insights into the microbial diversity and community composition of sponges in Antarctica and non-Antarctic ecoregions. Our findings provide evidence for habitat-specific patterns that differentiate the microbiomes of Antarctic sponges from elsewhere, indicating the strong influence of environmental selection and dispersal limitation wrapped into the Antarctic ecoregions to shape more similar microbial communities in distantly related sponges. This study contributes to understanding signatures of microbial community assembly in the Antarctic sponges and has important implications for the ecology and evolution of these unique marine environments.
Authors
- Nicole Trefault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-6791)
- Sebastián Abades (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-4037)
- Génesis Parada-Pozo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-1488)
- María F. Manrique-de-la-Cuba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-3355)
- Susana Rodríguez‐Marconi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1531-6721)
- Marileyxis R. López-Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0641-7723)
Institutions
- Universidad Mayor (CL)
- Millennium Science Initiative (CL)
- Center for Dynamic Research on High Latitude Marine Ecosystems (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00648-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo