Bacterial diversity and distribution in Soft Corals and Sponges in the Red Sea | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 25, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 299-304 PDF (365.02 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28097 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. M. Sallam; M. El Hriri; M. A. Mahmoud; J. El-Jakee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Red Sea has high biodiversity, with at least 266 coral and sponge species. The coral/Sponge holobiont is comprised of the coral/sponge animal and its associated microorganisms consisting of bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses. It has been hypothesized that this interaction plays a role in coral/ sponge defense. This study aims to study the bio-diversity of some collected types of sponge and soft coral from Red Sea and to isolate associated bacteria from them. The result includes five types of sponges; Ircinia strobilina, Callyspongia viridis, Suberea spp., Spongia officinalis and Biemna ehrenbergi and five types of soft corals; Heteroxenia fuscescens, Didemnum moseleyi, Lobophytum pauciflorum, Sarcophyton trocheliophorum and Sinularia spp. Twenty two bacterial isolates were isolated from the sponges with 41 % and thirty two bacterial isolates were isolated from soft coral samples with 59 % collected from different Red Sea areas. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Bacteria; diversity; Soft corals; Sponges; Red Sea | ||
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