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Between the Sponge and the Tap—Bacterial Communities at Overlooked Hospital Hygiene Hotspots [PDF]
MicroorganismsHospital environments host diverse microbial communities that may contribute to nosocomial infections. Moisture-retaining surfaces such as cleaning sponges and faucet edges represent high-contact, under-investigated hygiene hotspots, particularly in ...
Marek Ussowicz +7 more
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Sponges Wp6: Threats And Impacts To Sponge Grounds
, 2018 This fact sheet provides information on the Objectives and activities of Work Package 6 of the SponGES project: Threats and impacts to sponge grounds. Considering diverse anthropogenic stressors acting on the deep sea and the vulnerability of deep-sea sponges to human disturbance, it is urgent to understand the full scale of human impacts on these ...
FAO (4991135), FAO
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 A new Tedania species (Porifera) was collect using remotely operated vehicles during the Canadian mission HUD2010-029 and the British RRS Discovery Cruise DY081, on the Orphan Seamount near the Orphan Knoll, northwest Atlantic, between 2999.88 and 3450.4
Pilar Ríos +5 more
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Marine Drugs, 2023 Marine compounds represent a varied source of new drugs with potential anticancer effects. Among these, sponges, including those belonging to the Irciniidae family, have been demonstrated to exert cytotoxic effects on different human cancer cells.
Benedetta Romano +9 more
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A New Method for Silicon Triple Isotope Analysis With Application to Siliceous Sponge Spicules
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 Multiple isotope ratios of elements disclose information on the fractionation mechanism that cannot be obtained from a single isotope ratio alone.
Andreas Pack +3 more
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mBio, 2016 ABSTRACT A paradigm shift has recently transformed the field of biological science; molecular advances have revealed how fundamentally important microorganisms are to many aspects of a host’s phenotype and evolution. In the process, an era of “holobiont” research has emerged to investigate the intricate network of interactions between
Webster, NS, Thomas, T
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Hydrodynamics of sponge pumps and evolution of the sponge body plan
eLife, 2020 Sponges are suspension feeders that filter vast amounts of water. Pumping is carried out by flagellated chambers that are connected to an inhalant and exhalant canal system.
Seyed Saeed Asadzadeh +5 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 In this paper, we report data from the first year of rearing of a set of filter feeder bioremediator organisms: macrobenthic invertebrates (sabellid polychaetes and sponges), coupled with macroalgae, realized in a mariculture fish farm.
Adriana Giangrande +11 more
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The Study of Methylene Blue Loading into Chitosan-graft-Maleic Sponges
International Journal of Technology, 2022 This work succeeded in synthesizing sponges from chitosan-graft-maleic anhydride. Chitosan and maleic anhydride at a certain mass ratio (1:2, 1:1; and 2:1) were reacted in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at 60? for 24 hours.
Daniel Timotius +6 more
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Global diversity of sponges (Porifera). [PDF]
, 2012 With the completion of a single unified classification, the Systema Porifera (SP) and subsequent development of an online species database, the World Porifera Database (WPD), we are now equipped to provide a first comprehensive picture of the global ...
Jean Vacelet +47 more
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