ArticlePloS one2012
Thermal and sedimentation stress are unlikely causes of brown spot syndrome in the coral reef sponge, Ianthella basta.
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- Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosis.The ISME journal · 2020Article
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- Characterization of a thaumarchaeal symbiont that drives incomplete nitrification in the tropical sponge Ianthella basta.Environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Antarctic Sponges.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Sponges and Their Microbiomes Show Similar Community Metrics Across Impacted and Well-Preserved Reefs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
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- The response of a boreal deep-sea sponge holobiont to acute thermal stress.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Effects of light attenuation on the sponge holobiont- implications for dredging management.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- The Sponge Hologenome.mBio · 2016Review
- Biogeographic variation in the microbiome of the ecologically important sponge, Carteriospongia foliascens.PeerJ · 2015Article
- Eutrophication has no short-term effect on the Cymbastela stipitata holobiont.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundMarine diseases are being increasingly linked to anthropogenic factors including global and local stressors. On the Great Barrier Reef, up to 66% of the Ianthella basta population was recently found to be afflicted by a syndrome characterized by brown spot lesions and necrotic tissue. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsManipulative experiments were undertaken to ascertain the role of environmental stressors in this syndrome. Specifically, the effects of elevated temperature and sedimentation on sponge health and symbiont stability in I. basta were examined. Neither elevated temperature nor increased sedimentation were responsible for the brown spot lesions, but sponges exposed to 32°C developed substantial discoloration and deterioration of their tissues, resulting in death after eight days and a higher microbial diversity in those samples. No shifts in the microbial community of I. basta were observed across a latitudinal gradient or with increased sedimentation, with three previously described symbionts dominating the community of all sponges (Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Thaumarchaea). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Results from this study highlight the stable microbial community of I. basta and indicate that thermal and sedimentation stress are not responsible for the brown spot lesions currently affecting this abundant and ecologically important sponge species.
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