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Symbiont Transmission in Marine Sponges: Reproduction, Development, and Metamorphosis by Tyler J. Carrier; Manuel Maldonado; Lara Schmittmann; Lucía Pita; Thomas C. G. Bosch; Ute Hentschel is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Symbiont Transmission in Marine Sponges: Reproduction, Development, and Metamorphosis about?
Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) form symbioses with diverse microbial communities that can be transmitted between generations through their developmental stages. Here, we integrate embryology and microbiology to review how symbiotic microorganisms are transmitted in this early-diverging lineage. We describe that vertical transmission is widespread but not universal, that microbes are vertically transmitted during a select developmental window, and that properties of the developmental microbiome depends on whether a species is a high or low microbial abundance sponge. Reproduction, development, and symbiosis are thus deeply rooted, but why these partnerships form remains the central and elusive tenet of these developmental symbioses. ## Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-022-01291-6.
Who reads Symbiont Transmission in Marine Sponges: Reproduction, Development, and Metamorphosis?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Tyler J. Carrier; Manuel Maldonado; Lara Schmittmann; Lucía Pita; Thomas C. G. Bosch; Ute Hentschel
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)