Actinobacteria associated with the marine sponges Cinachyra sp., Petrosia sp., and Ulosa sp. and their culturability.
Actinobacteria associated with 3 marine sponges, Cinachyra sp., Petrosia sp., and Ulosa sp., were investigated. Analyses of 16S rRNA gene clone libraries revealed that actinobacterial diversity varied greatly and that Ulosa sp. was most diverse, while Cinachyra sp. was least diverse. Culture-based approaches failed to isolate actinobacteria from Petrosia sp. or Ulosa sp., but strains belonging to 10 different genera and 3 novel species were isolated from Cinachyra sp.
Biomedicinal Information Research Center, Japan Biological Informatics Consortium, Tokyo, Japan.
Shams Tabrez
ST
Khan
Motoki
M
Takagi
Kazuo
K
Shin-ya
D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D047130:Petrosia / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011161:Porifera / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S