Table 5.
Comparison of the culturable diversity of the sponge-associated actinomycetes from the South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
| Actinomycete genera | South China Sea sponge-associated actinomycetes | Yellow Sea sponge-associated actinomycetes | Caribbean sponge-associated actinomycetes | Red Sea sponge-associated actinomycetes | Mediterranean sponge-associated actinomycetes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinoalloteichus | − | + | − | − | − |
| Actinokineospora | − | − | − | + | − |
| Actinomadura | + | + | − | − | − |
| Arthrobacter | + | − | − | + | − |
| Blastococcus | − | + | − | − | − |
| Brachybacterium | + | − | − | + | − |
| Brevibacterium | + | − | − | + | − |
| Catenuloplanes* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Cellulosimicrobium | + | − | + | − | − |
| Corynebacterium | − | − | − | + | + |
| Curtobacterium | − | − | − | + | − |
| Dietzia | − | − | − | + | − |
| Georgenia | − | + | − | − | − |
| Gordonia | + | + | − | − | + |
| Kocuria | + | − | − | + | + |
| Marihabitans* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Microbacterium | + | − | + | + | − |
| Micrococcus | + | − | − | + | − |
| Micromonospora | + | + | + | + | + |
| Mycobacterium | + | − | − | + | + |
| Nocardia | + | + | − | + | − |
| Nocardiopsis | + | + | − | + | + |
| Nonomuraea | + | + | − | − | − |
| Polymorphospora* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Pseudonocardia | + | + | − | − | − |
| Rhodococcus | + | + | − | + | + |
| Rothia | − | − | − | + | + |
| Rubrobacter | − | − | − | − | + |
| Saccharomonospora | + | − | − | + | − |
| Saccharopolyspora* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Salinispora | + | − | + | + | − |
| Serinicoccus* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Solwaraspora | − | − | + | − | − |
| Sphaerisporangium* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Streptomonospora* | + | − | − | − | − |
| Streptomyces | + | + | + | − | + |
| Verrucosispora | + | − | + | − | − |
The genera marked with
*
were currently limited to South China Sea. The shading on rows highlight the sponge-associated actinomycete genera widely distributed in distinct oceans.