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  <dc:contributor>Zoe A. Pratte</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Christina A. Kellogg</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p class="abstract_block"&gt;ABSTRACT: The deep ocean hosts a large diversity of azooxanthellate cold-water corals whose associated microbiomes remain to be described. While the bacterial genus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Endozoicomonas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;has been widely identified as a dominant associate of tropical and temperate corals, it has rarely been detected in deep-sea corals. Determining microbial baselines for these cold-water corals is a critical first step to understanding the ecosystem services their microbiomes contribute, while providing a benchmark against which to measure responses to environmental change or anthropogenic effects. Samples of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acanthogorgia aspera&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;A. spissa&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Desmophyllum dianthus&lt;/i&gt;, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;D. pertusum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Lophelia pertusa&lt;/i&gt;) were collected from western Atlantic sites off the US east coast and from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Microbiomes were characterized by 16S rRNA gene amplicon surveys. Although&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;D. dianthus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;D. pertusum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;have recently been combined into a single genus due to their genetic similarity, their microbiomes were significantly different. The&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acanthogorgia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;spp. were collected from submarine canyons in different regions, but their microbiomes were extremely similar and dominated by&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Endozoicomonas&lt;/i&gt;. This is the first report of coral microbiomes dominated by&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Endozoicomonas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;occurring below 1000 m, at temperatures near 4°C.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;D. pertusum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from 2 Atlantic sites were also dominated by distinct&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Endozoicomonas&lt;/i&gt;, unlike&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;D. pertusum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from other sites described in previous studies, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea and a Norwegian fjord.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3354/meps13844</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Inter-Research</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Unexpected diversity of Endozoicomonas in deep-sea corals</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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