Current knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere marine microbiome in eukaryotic hosts and the Strait of Magellan surface microbiome project

M Ochoa-Sánchez, EPA Gomez, L Ramírez-Fenández… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Host-microbe interactions are ubiquitous and play important roles in host biology, ecology,
and evolution. Yet, host-microbe research has focused on inland species, whereas marine …

How does heat stress affect sponge microbiomes? Structure and resilience of microbial communities of marine sponges from different habitats

P De Castro-Fernandez, E Balleste… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Sponges are key components of marine benthic communities, providing many
ecosystem functions and establishing close relationships with microorganisms, conforming …

Stability of the Microbiome of the Sponge Mycale (Oxymycale) acerata in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

L Happel, R Rondon, A Font… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The sponge microbiome, especially in Low Microbial Abundance (LMA) species, is expected
to be influenced by the local environment; however, contrasting results exist with evidence …

Exposure to nanoplastics and nanomaterials either single and combined affects the gill-associated microbiome of the Antarctic soft-shelled clam Laternula elliptica

R Rondon, C Cosseau, E Bergami… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics and engineering nanomaterials (ENMs) are contaminants of emerging
concern (CECs), increasingly being detected in the marine environment and recognized as …

Antarctic science in Chile: a bibliometric analysis of scientific productivity during the 2009–2019 period

M González-Aravena, L Krüger, L Rebolledo… - Antarctic …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The changes implemented in 2005 in the development strategies of Antarctic science
carried out by Chile have had a positive impact on the scientific productivity of the Chilean …

Gene networks governing the response of a calcareous sponge to future ocean conditions reveal lineage‐specific XBP1 regulation of the unfolded protein response

N Posadas, C Conaco - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine sponges are predicted to be winners in the future ocean due to their exemplary
adaptive capacity. However, while many sponge groups exhibit tolerance to a wide range of …

A comparison of mesophotic and shallow sponge holobionts resilience to predicted future temperature elevation

L Raijman-Nagar, L Goren, S Shefer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is predicted to have detrimental impacts on sessile invertebrates, including
sponges. Mesophotic ecosystems have been suggested to play a major role as refugia for …