Does phylogenetic diversity of sulphate-reducing Desulfovibrio associated with three South China Sea sponge?
To date, in contrast to carbon and nitrogen cycling bacteria, sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) associated with marine sponges are largely unexplored; little is known about the phylogenetic diversity of SRB in different species of sponges. In the present study, phylogenetically diverse sulphate-reducing Desulfovibrio communities, including potential sponge species-specific and novel SRB, were revealed to be associated with South China Sea demosponges by cloning-and-sequencing approach of SRB 16S rRNA gene.
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