Draft Genome Sequence of an Alphaproteobacterium Associated with the Mediterranean Sponge Oscarella lobularis.
While sequencing DNA purified from the homoscleromorph sponge Oscarella lobularis, we detected a large number of reads with strong similarity to available alphaproteobacteria gene sequences of family Rhodobacteraceae. Here, we present the genome sequence of this putative sponge symbiont that we propose to designate as "Candidatus Rhodobacter lobularis."
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479), Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, Marseille, France.
Cyril
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7799-3501
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Jourda
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479), Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, Marseille, France.
Sébastien
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Santini
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7263, Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Continental Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille, France.
Caroline
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Rocher
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7288, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille Luminy (IBDM), Marseille, France.
André
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Le Bivic
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR 7256 (IMM FR 3479), Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, Marseille, France Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France claverie@igs.cnrs-mrs.fr.
Jean-Michel
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Claverie