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Exaiptasia Diaphana from the Great Barrier Reef: a Valuable Resource for Coral Symbiosis Research by Dungan, Ashley M.; Hartman, Leon M.; Tortorelli, Giada; Belderok, Roy; Lamb, Annika M.; Pisan, Lynn; McFadden, Geoffrey I.; Blackall, Linda L.; van Oppen, Madeleine J. H. is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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The sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, previously known as Exaiptasia pallida or Aiptasia pallida, has become increasingly popular as a model for cnidarian-microbiome symbiosis studies due to its relatively rapid growth, ability to reproduce sexually and asexually, and symbiosis with diverse prokaryotes and the same microalgal symbionts (family Symbiodiniaceae) as its coral relatives. Clonal E. diaphana strains from Hawaii, the Atlantic Ocean, and Red Sea are now established for use in research. Here, we introduce Great Barrier Reef (GBR)-sourced E. diaphana strains as additions to the model repertoire. Sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene confirmed the anemones to be E. diaphana while genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis revealed four distinct genotypes. Based on Exaiptasia-specific inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR)-derived sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker and gene loci data, these four E. diaphana genotypes are distributed across several divergent phylogenetic clades with no clear phylogeographical pattern. The GBR E. diaphana genotypes comprised three females and one male, which all host Breviolum minutum as their homologous Symbiodiniaceae endosy

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Author
Dungan, Ashley M.; Hartman, Leon M.; Tortorelli, Giada; Belderok, Roy; Lamb, Annika M.; Pisan, Lynn; McFadden, Geoffrey I.; Blackall, Linda L.; van Oppen, Madeleine J. H.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0334-5114)
Published
2020
Language
EN
Field
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

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