Meta-transcriptomic comparison of two sponge holobionts feeding on coral- and macroalgal-dissolved organic matter.
Sara CampanaAna RiesgoEvelien JongepierJanina FußGerard MuyzerJasper M de GoeijPublished in: BMC genomics (2022)
This work provides two new sponge meta-transcriptomes and a database of putative genes and genetic pathways that are involved in the differential processing of coral- versus macroalgal-DOM as food source to sponges with high and low abundances of associated microbes. These pathways include carbohydrate metabolism, signaling pathways, and immune responses. However, the differences in the meta-transcriptomic responses of the sponge holobionts after 6 hours of feeding on the two DOM sources were small. Longer-term responses to both DOM sources should be assessed to evaluate how the metabolism and the ecological function of sponges will be affected when reefs shift from coral towards algal dominance.
Keyphrases
- single cell
- organic matter
- immune response
- drinking water
- genome wide
- rna seq
- signaling pathway
- human health
- preterm infants
- climate change
- dendritic cells
- toll like receptor
- pi k akt
- risk assessment
- emergency department
- copy number
- epithelial mesenchymal transition
- cell proliferation
- electronic health record
- inflammatory response
- genome wide analysis