mollusc metagenome Targeted Locus (Loci). mollusc metagenome

The black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera is highly valued for cultured pearl production. While recent studies have investigated the genome, transcriptome and phenome to identify potential links to cultured pearl quality traits in P. margaritifera, no data relating to its microbiome exists at present. As a starting point, we assessed for composition and functional profiles of prokaryotic communities from different pearl oyster tissues, including the gill, gonad, byssus gland, haemolymph, mantle, adductor muscle, mucus and gut