Response of Sponge Microbiomes to Environmental Variations

Yang, Qi; Zhang, Wei; Franco, Christopher M. M.

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1612-1_11

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“…The sponge-associated biota may bring together a broad group of phylogenetic lineages, including archaea, bacteria, and fungi [ 8 , 9 ]. The relationships between sponges and their mutualistic symbionts are complex, and the production of bioactive secondary metabolites might have a possible defense role or be involved in the competition for space within benthic habitats [ 10 , 11 ]. On the whole, sponge symbionts were recognized to be responsible for the host metabolism and growth, chemical defense, and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stressors [ 2 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

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Sponges and Their Symbionts as a Source of Valuable Compounds in Cosmeceutical Field

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In the last decades, the marine environment was discovered as a huge reservoir of novel bioactive compounds, useful for medicinal treatments improving human health and well-being. Among several marine organisms exhibiting biotechnological potential, sponges were highlighted as one of the most interesting phyla according to a wide literature describing new molecules every year. Not surprisingly, the first marine drugs approved for medical purposes were isolated from a marine sponge and are now used as anti-cancer and anti-viral agents. In most cases, experimental evidence reported that very often associated and/or symbiotic communities produced these bioactive compounds for a mutual benefit. Nowadays, beauty treatments are formulated taking advantage of the beneficial properties exerted by marine novel compounds. In fact, several biological activities suitable for cosmetic treatments were recorded, such as anti-oxidant, anti-aging, skin whitening, and emulsifying activities, among others. Here, we collected and discussed several scientific contributions reporting the cosmeceutical potential of marine sponge symbionts, which were exclusively represented by fungi and bacteria. Bioactive compounds specifically indicated as products of the sponge metabolism were also included. However, the origin of sponge metabolites is dubious, and the role of the associated biota cannot be excluded, considering that the isolation of symbionts represents a hard challenge due to their uncultivable features.

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Novel Insights into Environmental Niche Adaptations and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential of Marine Sponge Microbiome

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Arafath

Hassan

et al. 2022

Understanding the Microbiome Interactions in Agriculture and the Environment

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High microbiome and metabolome diversification in coexisting sponges with different bio-ecological traits

Mazzella,

Dell’Anno,

Etxebarría

et al. 2024

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Marine Porifera host diverse microbial communities, which influence host metabolism and fitness. However, functional relationships between sponge microbiomes and metabolic signatures are poorly understood. We integrate microbiome characterization, metabolomics and microbial predicted functions of four coexisting Mediterranean sponges –Petrosia ficiformis, Chondrosia reniformis, Crambe crambe and Chondrilla nucula. Microscopy observations reveal anatomical differences in microbial densities. Microbiomes exhibit strong species-specific trends. C. crambe shares many rare amplicon sequence variants (ASV) with the surrounding seawater. This suggests important inputs of microbial diversity acquired by selective horizontal acquisition. Phylum Cyanobacteria is mainly represented in C. nucula and C. crambe. According to putative functions, the microbiome of P. ficiformis and C. reniformis are functionally heterotrophic, while C. crambe and C. nucula are autotrophic. The four species display distinct metabolic profiles at single compound level. However, at molecular class level they share a “core metabolome”. Concurrently, we find global microbiome-metabolome association when considering all four sponge species. Within each species still, sets of microbe/metabolites are identified driving multi-omics congruence. Our findings suggest that diverse microbial players and metabolic profiles may promote niche diversification, but also, analogous phenotypic patterns of “symbiont evolutionary convergence” in sponge assemblages where holobionts co-exist in the same area.

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Response of Sponge Microbiomes to Environmental Variations

Cited by 7 publications

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Sponges and Their Symbionts as a Source of Valuable Compounds in Cosmeceutical Field

Sponges and Their Symbionts as a Source of Valuable Compounds in Cosmeceutical Field

Novel Insights into Environmental Niche Adaptations and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential of Marine Sponge Microbiome

High microbiome and metabolome diversification in coexisting sponges with different bio-ecological traits

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