The Coral Microbiome Projects (CMP) database brings together next generation sequencing data of coral-associated microorganisms from studies conducted thoughout the world’s reefs, with the goal of enhancing knowledge and advancing understanding of coral-microbial relationships. The data are hosted on the CMP portal on the Marine Biological Laboratory’s VAMPS website, and are accessible for download, analysis, and visualization by anyone with a web browser. Visit the CMP to examine or download existing data, or use the private mode to view new sequencing data in comparison to the CMP data.

• CMP Project Abstracts - The individual projects with descriptions and metadata.
• Visualization and Analysis - Dataset selection.
• Map Locations - Geographic Distribution

Studies included in the CMP (most denote ‘CMP’ in project name):

CMP_AA_Bv1v3 -- Apprill, A., K. Hughen, and T.J. Mincer, Major similarities in the bacterial communities associated with lesioned and healthy Fungiidae corals. Environmental Microbiology, 2013. 15: p. 2063-2072.
Description: V1-V3 region of bacterial SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

CMP_Bent_ABv4 -- Unpublished: Shavonna Bent, Carolyn Miller, Colleen Hansel, Koty Sharp, Amy Apprill. Microbiome recovery in symbiotic and aposymbiotic corals following antibiotic disturbance
Description: V4 region of bacterial and archaeal SSU rRNA, Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform

CMP_JS_Bv1v4 -- Šlapeta J., and M.C. Linares. Combined Amplicon Pyrosequencing Assays Reveal Presence of the Apicomplexan 'type-N' (cf. Gemmocystis cylindrus) and Chromera velia on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. PLoS ONE, 2013. 8: e76095. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076095
Description: V1-V4 region of bacterial SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

CMP_KM_Bv3v4 -- Morrow, K., A. Moss, N. Chadwick, and M. Liles. Bacterial Associates of Two Caribbean Coral Species Reveal Species-Specific Distribution and Geographic Variability. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2012. 78: p. 6438-6449.
Description: V3-V4 region of bacterial SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

CMP_LMA_Bv4 -- None
Description: 16S V4 rRNA amplicon of coral reef seawater microbiome

CMP_Sharp_ABv4 -- Sharp, K.H., Z.A. Pratte, A.H. Kerwin, R.D. Rotjan, F.J. Stewart. Season, but not symbionts state, drives microbiome structure in the temperate coral Astrangia poculata, 2017. 5:120.
Description: V4 region of bacterial and archaeal SSU rRNA, Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform

CMP_TB_Bv1v2 -- Bayer T., A. Chatchanit, C. Ferrier-Pages, D. Zoccola, M. Aranda, and C. Voolstra. Bacteria of the genus Endozoicomonas dominate the microbiome of the Mediterranean gorgonian coral Eunicella cavolini. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2013. 479: p. 75-84.
Description: V1-V2 region of bacterial SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

CMP_TB_Bv5v6 -- Bayer, T., M. Neave, A. Alsheikh-Hussain, M. Aranda, L. Yum, T. J. Mincer, K. Hughen, A. Apprill, and C. Voolstra. The Microbiome of the Red Sea Coral Stylophora pistillata Is Dominated by Tissue-Associated Endozoicomonas Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013. 79: p. 4759-4762.
Description: V5-V6 region of SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

ICM_CCB_Av6, ICM_CCB_Bv6 -- Sunagawa S, C.M. Woodley, and M. Medina. Threatened Corals Provide Underexplored Microbial Habitats, 2010. PLoS ONE, 5: e9554. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009554
Description: V6 region of bacterial and archael SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform

LTR_MCR_Av6, LTR_MCR_Bv6, LTR_MCR_Ev9 -- McCliment, E., C. Nelson, C. Carlson, A. Alldredge, J. Witting, and L. Amaral-Zettler. An all-taxon microbial inventory of the Moorea coral reef ecosystem. The ISME Journal, 2012. 6: p. 309-319.
Description: V6 region of bacterial & archael SSU rRNA, eukaryotic V9 hypervariable region of SSU rRNA, 454 sequencing platform