Coral reef invertebrate microbiomes
Coral reef invertebrates host complex microbiomes and it can be challenging to understand which members are important for host fitness. We looked at a range of molecular and ecological characteristics to better understand this. Coral, octocoral and sponge samples were collected on SCUBA between May-October 2017 from multiple reefs on the central and northern GBR. Data were sequenced for the 16S rRNA gene to profile the microbial community and 18S rRNA, COI & ITS1 to reconstruct host phylogeny. Data was analysed using a range of bioinformatic techniques.
Data and resources
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O’Brien, P. A., Andreakis, N., Tan, S., Miller, D. J., Webster, N. S., Zhang, G., & Bourne, D. G. (2021). Testing cophylogeny between coral reef invertebrates…HTML Open
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18S rRNA, ITS1 & COI sequences - accession number N000010922HTML Open
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16s rRNA sequencing of coral reef invertebrates - BioProject accession number PRJNA577361HTML Open
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R code used for the cophylogenetic analysis between coral reef invertebrates and their symbiontsHTML Open
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18S rRNA, ITS1 & COI sequences - accession number N000010535HTML Open
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Additional information
| Date (revision) | 2026-10-24 |
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| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | notPlanned |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |