Taxonomically different symbiotic communities of sympatric Arctic sponge species show functional similarity with specialization at species level
Anastasiia N. Rusanova, Viktor Mamontov, Maxim Ri, Dmitry Meleshko, Anna B. Trofimova, Victor Fedorchuk, Margarita Ezhova, Yulia V. Lyupina, Alexander D. Finoshin, Artem B. Isaev, Dmitry A. Sutormin
The paper analyzes microbiomes of three sympatric Arctic sponge species, finding functional convergence and specialization within their symbiotic communities, with shifts linked to temperature changes.
mSystems · Oct 16, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology