Unraveling the bacterial composition of a coral and bioeroding sponge competing in a marginal coral environment [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe newly described bioeroding sponge Cliona thomasi, part of the Cliona viridis complex, is contributing to coral decline in the central eastern Arabian Sea, the West Coast of India.
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Niche–dependent sponge hologenome expression profiles and the host-microbes interplay: a case of the hawaiian demosponge Mycale Grandis [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeBackground Most researches on sponge holobionts focus primarily on symbiotic microbes, yet data at the level of the sponge hologenome are still relatively scarce.
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Effects of sediment smothering on the sponge holobiont with implications for dredging management. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 One of the ways dredging can affect benthic habitats is through high levels of sediment deposition, which has the potential to smother sessile organisms such as sponges.
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Computational Metabolomics Tools Reveal Subarmigerides, Unprecedented Linear Peptides from the Marine Sponge Holobiont Callyspongia subarmigera. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2022 : A detailed examination of a unique molecular family, restricted to the Callyspongia genus, in a molecular network obtained from an in-house Haplosclerida marine sponge collection (including Haliclona, Callyspongia, Xestospongia, and Petrosia species ...
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Marine microbial symbiosis heats up: the phylogenetic and functional response of a sponge holobiont to thermal stress. [PDF]
ISME J, 2013 Large-scale mortality of marine invertebrates is a major global concern for ocean ecosystems and many sessile, reef-building animals, such as sponges and corals, are experiencing significant declines through temperature-induced disease and bleaching. The
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Comparative Genomics Provides Insight into the Function of Broad-Host Range Sponge Symbionts
mBio, 2021 Marine sponges often form symbiotic relationships with bacteria that fulfil a specific need within the sponge holobiont, and these symbionts are often conserved within a narrow range of related taxa. To date, there exist only three known bacterial taxa (
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Genome-scale metabolic modelling reveals interactions and key roles of symbiont clades in a sponge holobiont. [PDF]
Nat CommunSponges harbour complex microbiomes and as ancient metazoans and important ecosystem players are emerging as powerful models to understand the evolution and ecology of symbiotic interactions.
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Transcriptomic Insights Into the Immune Repertoire of an Antarctic Sponge. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAntarctic marine sponges are essential components of the benthic fauna, playing a crucial role in structuring this ecosystem through their own biological activities and their symbiotic relationships with diverse microorganisms. Yet, the transcriptional repertoire and the immune responses associated with interactions with microorganisms in this unique ...
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A Review on Genus Halichondria (Demospongiae, Porifera)
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Demosponges of the genus Halichondria Fleming (1828) are common in coastal marine ecosystems worldwide and have been well-studied over the last decades.
Josephine Goldstein, Peter Funch
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Taxonomic, functional and expression analysis of viral communities associated with marine sponges [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Viruses play an essential role in shaping the structure and function of ecological communities. Marine sponges have the capacity to filter large volumes of ‘virus-laden’ seawater through their bodies and host dense communities of microbial symbionts ...
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