Jourda, Cyril

ABSTRACT While sequencing DNA purified from the homoscleromorph sponge Oscarella lobularis , we detected a large number of reads with strong similarity to available alphaproteobacteria gene sequences of family Rhodobacteraceae . Here, we present the genome sequence of this putative sponge symbiont that we propose to designate as “ Candidatus Rhodobacter lobularis.”