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Development in primary cell culture of demosponges

Journal of Biotechnology, 2003
We have established primary cell culture of the marine demosponge Dysidea avara and Suberites domuncula. Microbial contamination was controlled by the use of a pool of antibiotics confirming the goodness of this procedure. Effect of pH, temperature and light was studied to establish the better growth conditions.
De Rosa Salvatore, De Caro Salvatore, Iodice Carmine, Tommonaro Giuseppina, Stefanov Kamen, Popov Simeon   +5 more
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Growth Dynamics in Four Mediterranean Demosponges

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2001
Growth dynamics of the demosponges Crambe crambe, Hemimycale columella, Oscarella lobularis and Chondrosia reniformis were studied in the north-western Mediterranean over a 2 year period. Independent growth and shrinkage rates were quantified for first time by a newly developed photographic and computer-assisted image analysis.
Mikel Zabala
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Silica Deposition in Demosponges

2003
Demosponges are the most widespread class of the phylum Porifera. They secrete siliceous (spicules) and proteinaceous (fibers) elements, which constitute the skeleton that shapes the sponge growth and allow cell organization and establishment of the aquiferous system through which the surrounding water accesses the internal cells.
Maria J, Uriz, Xavier, Turon, Mikel A, Becerro   +2 more
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Piwi expression in archeocytes and choanocytes in demosponges: insights into the stem cell system in demosponges

Evolution & Development, 2010
SUMMARY Little is known about the stem cells of organisms early in metazoan evolution. To characterize the stem cell system in demosponges, we identified Piwi homologs of a freshwater sponge, Ephydatia fluviatilis, as candidate stem cell (archeocyte) markers. EfPiwiA mRNA was expressed in cells with archeocyte cell morphological features.
Noriko, Funayama, Mikiko, Nakatsukasa, Kurato, Mohri, Yoshiki, Masuda, Kiyokazu, Agata   +4 more
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Comments on a skeleton design paradigm for a demosponge

Journal of Structural Biology, 2011
The ball-shaped marine sponge Cinachyrellalevantinensis is 3-5 cm in diameter. It filters large quantities of seawater for feeding. Sponges contain numerous, hydrated, brittle amorphous SiO₂ spicules of several types that form 70-80% by weight of the sponge. We performed mechanical tests to determine the functionality of the sponge skeleton.
Y, Aluma, M, Ilan, D, Sherman
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Mesostructure from Hydration Gradients in Demosponge Biosilica

Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014
AbstractOrganisms of the phylum Porifera, that is, sponges, utilize enzymatic hydrolysis to concatenate bioavailable inorganic silicon to produce lightweight, strong, and often flexible skeletal elements called spicules. In their optical transparency, these remarkable biomaterials resemble fused silica, despite having been formed under ambient marine ...
James R, Neilson, Nathan C, George, Meredith M, Murr, Ram, Seshadri, Daniel E, Morse   +4 more
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Silica deposition in Demosponges: spiculogenesis in Crambe crambe

Cell and Tissue Research, 2000
Transmission electron-microscopy images coupled with dispersive X-ray analysis of the species Crambe crambe have provided information on the process of silica deposition in Demosponges. Sclerocytes (megasclerocytes) lie close to spicules or surround them at different stages of growth by means of long thin enveloping pseudopodia.
M J, Uriz, X, Turon, M A, Becerro
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Biomineralization in living hypercalcified demosponges: Toward a shared mechanism? [PDF]

Journal of Structural Biology, 2013
Massive skeletons of living hypercalcified sponges, representative organisms of basal Metazoa, are uncommon models to improve our knowledge on biomineralization mechanisms and their possible evolution through time. Eight living species belonging to various orders of Demospongiae were selected for a comparative mineralogical characterization of their ...
Gilis, M., Grauby, O., Willenz, P., Dubois, P., Heresanu, V., Baronnet, A.   +5 more
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Unifying Design Strategies in Demosponge and Hexactinellid Skeletal Systems

The Journal of Adhesion, 2010
Biological systems are well known for their ability to construct remarkably complex and mechanically robust skeletal structures from a great diversity of minerals. One such example, silica, is widely used in the synthesis of skeletal elements (spicules) within the phylum Porifera (the sponges).
Weaver, M., Milliron, G.W., Allen, P., Miserez, A., Rawal, A., Garay, J., Thurner, P.-J., Seto, J., Mayzel, B., Friesen, L.J., Chmelka, F., Fratzl, P., Aizenberg, J., Dauphin, Y., Kisailus, D., Morse, D.E.   +15 more
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Hypercalcified demosponges and the end-Permian extinction

Global and Planetary Change, 2010
Abstract The hypothesis is presented here that the hypercalcified demosponges, characterized by a solid, largely external skeleton of spherulitic aragonite, or of high-Mg calcite, had symbiotic cyanobacteria, from the outset of their existence, that enabled them to precipitate their peculiar skeleton, and that both the skeleton and the cyanobacteria ...
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