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An exceptional occurrence of deep-sea sponges in the region of former Larsen Ice Shelves, Antarctic Peninsula, with the description of two new species
Two new species of deep-sea sponges from the Weddell Sea are described. Both are new to science: a carnivorous Demospongiae species Abyssocladia...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: CircRNA_0043691 sponges miR-873-3p to promote metastasis of gastric cancer
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of novel RNAs, and aberrant expression of circRNAs has been implicated in human diseases, including gastric...
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Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges
Associations of freshwater sponges with coccoid green algae have been known for a long time. Two types of coccoid green algae, which are commonly...
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Microbiome structure of ecologically important bioeroding sponges (family Clionaidae): the role of host phylogeny and environmental plasticity
The potential of increased bioerosion by excavating sponges in future environmental scenarios represents a potential threat to coral reef structure...
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Sponge-associated microbes in the twilight zone of Curaçao
Mesophotic reefs, located in the "Twilight Zone" of the ocean, are coral reefs that exist in relatively deep waters ranging from approximately 30 to...
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Sponge Fauna of Lake Baikal in the Monitoring System: Six Years of Observations
AbstractIn the last decade, the mass mortality of endemic sponges has been observed in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal. This paper presents the...
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Marine lake populations of jellyfish, mussels and sponges host compositionally distinct prokaryotic communities
Marine lakes represent a unique aquatic environment. Here, we tested if prokaryotic communities of water, sediment, jellyfish, mussel and sponge...
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Respiration kinetics and allometric scaling in the demosponge Halichondria panicea
BackgroundThe aquiferous system in sponges represents one of the simplest circulatory systems used by animals for the internal uptake and...
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New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)
Bioeroded carbonate clasts from a Pliocene shallow-marine succession of Almería (SE Spain, Betic Cordillera) were analysed with computed tomography...
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Novel reference transcriptomes for the sponges Carteriospongia foliascens and Cliona orientalis and associated algal symbiont Gerakladium endoclionum
Sponge transcriptomes are important resources for studying the stress responses of these ecologically important filter feeders, the interactions...
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Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association
Marine sponges host diverse communities of microbial symbionts that expand the metabolic capabilities of their host, but the abundance and structure...
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Some Approaches to the Recovery of Baikal Sponge Populations: A Review
AbstractThe unique ecosystem of Lake Baikal is composed of diverse and mainly endemic flora and fauna. The sponge fauna of Baikal is represented by...
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Diketopiperazines and other bioactive compounds from bacterial symbionts of marine sponges
Humanity faces great challenges, such as the rise of bacterial antibiotic resistance and cancer incidence. Thus, the discovery of novel therapeutics...
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Sponges Revealed: A Synthesis of Their Overlooked Ecological Functions Within Aquatic Ecosystems
While sponges are the oldest still living multicellular animals on this planet and omnipresent within aquatic ecosystems, they have not been studied...
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Minority report: small-scale metagenomic analysis of the non-bacterial kitchen sponge microbiota
Kitchen sponges are particularly well known to harbor a high number and diversity of bacteria, including pathogens. Viruses, archaea, and eukaryotes...
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LncRNA NEAT1 sponges miR-214 to promoted tumor growth in hepatocellular carcinoma
Live cancer is the sixth most prevalent diagnosed malignant tumor and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Hepatocellular...
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Molecular machineries of ciliogenesis, cell survival, and vasculogenesis are differentially expressed during regeneration in explants of the demosponge Halichondria panicea
Sponges are interesting animal models for regeneration studies, since even from dissociated cells, they are able to regenerate completely. In...
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Prokaryotic communities of the French Polynesian sponge Dactylospongia metachromia display a site-specific and stable diversity during an aquaculture trial
Dynamics of microbiomes through time are fundamental regarding survival and resilience of their hosts when facing environmental alterations. As for...
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Poriferans rift apart: molecular demosponge biodiversity in Central and French Polynesia and comparison with adjacent marine provinces of the Central Indo-Pacific
The distribution of marine sponges in the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean is largely unexplored despite the vital ecological role of sponges in...
