The chromosomal genome sequence of the marine sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus Kelly-Borges & Vacelet, 1995, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: (sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Podospongiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 140.86 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.57%) is scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 19.34 kilobases in length. Sixty-four binned genomes were generated from the metagenome assembly, of which 46 were classified as high-quality metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs). The microbial signature is typical of HMA sponges, including the Pseudomonadota, Chloroflexota and Acidobacteriota as dominant phyla and several candidate phyla (Poribacteria, Binatota, Latescibacterota) as well as the archaeal clade Nitrosopumilaceae in lower abundance.
Source: Wellcome Open Research
Authors: Laura Steindler, Martha Alejandra Durán Canché, Micha Ilan, Rinat Bar-Shalom, Jose Victor Lopez, 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
Language: English
Subfield: Biotechnology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,128
OpenAlex ID: W7154575626