bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.20.958975; this version posted February 24, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Dissecting the microbiome of a polyketide-producing ascidian across the Anvers Island archipelago, Antarctica. Alison E. Murraya#, Nicole E. Avalonb, Lucas Bishopa, Patrick S.G. Chainc#, Karen W. Davenportc, Erwan Delage d, Armand E.K. Dichosac, Damien Eveillardd, Mary L. Highama, Sofia Kokkaliarib, Chien-Chi Loc, Christian S. Riesenfelda, Ryan M. Youngb+, Bill J. Bakerb# a Division of Earth and Ecosystem Science, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA. b Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. c Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. d LS2N, Université de Nantes, CNRS, Nantes, France. Running title: Core microbiome of palmerolide-producing ascidians # Address correspondence to: Alison E. Murray,
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[email protected] +Present address: School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.20.958975; this version posted February 24, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 ABSTRACT 2 3 The ascidian, S. adareanum, from the Antarctic Peninsula near Anvers Island, is known to 4 produce a bioactive compound, palmerolide A (PalA) that has specific activity to melanoma, a 5 particularly invasive and metastatic form of skin cancer.