Soaking it up: the complex lives of marine sponges and their microbial associates | Zendy

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Soaking it up: the complex lives of marine sponges and their microbial associates

Author(s) -

Michael W. Taylor,

Russell T. Hill,

Jörn Piel,

Robert Thacker,

Ute Hentschel

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the isme journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.422

H-Index - 173

eISSN - 1751-7370

pISSN - 1751-7362

DOI - 10.1038/ismej.2007.32

Subject(s) - biology , sponge , microbial ecology , geomicrobiology , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , botany , environmental biotechnology , genetics

Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) are among the oldest multicellular animals (metazoans), the sea's most prolific producers of bioactive metabolites, and of considerable ecological importance due to their abundance and ability to filter enormous volumes of seawater. In addition to these important attributes, sponge microbiology is now a rapidly expanding field

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