Sponges With Microbial Symbionts Transform Dissolved Organic Matter and Take Up Organohalides

Seawater dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a large reservoir of carbon composed of a complex and poorly characterized mixture of molecules. Sponges have long been known to consume dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from this mixture, but the role of microbial sponge symbionts in this process is complex,...

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Main Authors: Lauren K. Olinger, Wendy K. Strangman, Steven E. McMurray, Joseph R. Pawlik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.665789/full