The chromosomal genome sequence of the carnivorous sponge, Lycopodina hypogea (Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996) (Poecilosclerida: Cladorhizidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We present a genome assembly from an individual Lycopodina hypogea (carnivorous sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Cladorhizidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 235.10 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.85%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 31.1 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 16 317 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data we recovered 39 bins, of which 27 were high-quality MAGs, including four fully circularised genomes. The MAGs included archaea and bacteria involved in nitrification and sulfate-reduction as well as known sponge symbionts affiliated with Gammaproteobacteria ( Candidatus Spongiihabitans, Porisulfidus) and Acidimicrobiales ( Candidatus Poriferisodalaceae), among others.
Source: Wellcome Open Research
Authors: Thierry Pérez, Jean Vacelet, Dirk Erpenbeck, Ute Hentschel, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Rebecca O’Brien, EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team, Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
Institutions: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale, Station Marine d'Endoume, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Biotechnology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,128
OpenAlex ID: W7129506053