Evidence of Vent-Adaptation in Sponges Living at the Periphery of Hydrothermal Vent Environments: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Magdalena N. Georgieva, Sergi Taboada, Ana Riesgo, Cristina Díez-Vives, Fabio C. De Leo, Rachel M. Jeffreys, Jonathan T. Copley, Crispin T. S. Little, Pilar Ríos, Javier Cristobo, Jon T. Hestetun, Adrian G. Glover
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Porifera; 16S rRNA amplicon; microbiome; nutrition; chemosynthesis; cold seep; Microbiology; QR1-502; East Scotia Ridge; Endeavour; Pacific; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01636; https://doaj.org/article/9e0899d0e6a240d9b4a41928e5432502

The peripheral areas of deep-sea hydrothermal vents are often inhabited by an assemblage of animals distinct to those living close to vent chimneys. For many such taxa, it is considered that peak abundances in the vent periphery relate to the availability of hard substrate as well as the increased c...