ena-STUDY-LISDRAS-21-09-2018-05:52:52:971-9
Investigation of endemic baikalian sponge microbiome
The endemic sponges belonged to family Lubomirskiidae are key species of macrozoobenthos in littoral of Lake Baikal. In the last 5 years, unprecedented mass death of sponges has been observed in the photic zone of the lake. Symptoms of the disease are differed (discoloration or redness of fragments or whole body of sponges, formation of necrotic ulcers, covering the individual sponge branches by sheath composed of cyanobacteria and so on) and are not associated with particular areas of the lake. The project investigates the microbiome composition associated with endemic sponges from Lake Baikal.
The endemic sponges belonged to family Lubomirskiidae are key species of macrozoobenthos in littoral of Lake Baikal. In the last 5 years, unprecedented mass death of sponges has been observed in the photic zone of the lake. Symptoms of the disease are differed (discoloration or redness of fragments or whole body of sponges, formation of necrotic ulcers, covering the individual sponge branches by sheath composed of cyanobacteria and so on) and are not associated with particular areas of the lake. The project investigates the microbiome composition associated with endemic sponges from Lake Baikal.