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SUBMITTER: Steindler L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1168989 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steindler Laura L Huchon Dorothée D Avni Adi A Ilan Micha M
Applied and environmental microbiology 20050701 7
Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA sequences of sponge-associated cyanobacteria showed them to be polyphyletic, implying that they derived from multiple independent symbiotic events. Most of the symbiont sequences were affiliated to a group of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus species. However, other symbionts were related to different groups, such as the Oscillatoriales. ...[more]