Coleofasciculus microbiome

Coleofasciculus microbiome

Filamentous cyanobacteria of the genus Coleofasciculus are the most important primary producer of marine microbial mats. The worldwide largest collection of usually non-axenic cultures is deposited at the DSMZ. Superior resolution 16S-ITS profiling and metagenome sequencing revealed a great diversity of stably associated bacteria (Marter et al. 2025). The hidden biodiversity in these microbiomes ranges from as yet uncultivated species up to the phylum level. A first isolation campaign resulted in 15 bacterial isolates from the culture of Coleofasciculus sp. DSM 104231 (= WW12).

For further information see the following publication:
Marter P., Freese H.M., Ringel V., et al. (2025) Superior resolution profiling of the Coleofasciculus microbiome by amplicon sequencing of the complete 16S rRNA gene and ITS region. Environ Microbiol Rep. 17: e70066. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70066