A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities

A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities

Hexactinellid sponges are common in the deep sea, but their functional integration into those ecosystems remains poorly understood. The phylogenetically related species Schaudinnia rosea and Vazella pourtalesii were herein incubated for nitrogen and phosphorous, returning markedly different nutrient...

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Main Authors: Manuel Maldonado, María López-Acosta, Kathrin Busch, Beate M. Slaby, Kristina Bayer, Lindsay Beazley, Ute Hentschel, Ellen Kenchington, Hans Tore Rapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sponge physiology
sponge microbiota
nitrogen cycling
phosphorous cycling
functional deep-sea ecology
benthic-pelagic coupling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.638505/full

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