Microbiome Analysis Reveals Diversity and Function of <i>Mollicutes</i> Associated with the Eastern Oyster, <i>Crassostrea virginica</i>
Zachary T. Pimentel, Keith Dufault‐Thompson, Kayla T. Russo, Abigail K. Scro, Roxanna Smolowitz, Marta Gómez-Chiarri, Ying Zhang
Abstract
Despite their biological and ecological significance, a mechanistic characterization of microbiome function is frequently missing from many nonmodel marine invertebrates. As an initial step toward filling this gap for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica , this study provides an integrated taxonomic and functional analysis of the oyster microbiome using samples from a coastal salt pond in August 2017.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyMetagenomicsMollicutesMicrobiomeEastern oysterOysterCrassostreaEcologyMicrobiologyGeneticsMycoplasmaGeneMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesStudies on Chitinases and ChitosanasesMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology