Taurine as a key intermediate for host-symbiont interaction in the tropical sponge Ianthella basta.

ABSTRACT: Marine sponges are critical components of marine benthic fauna assemblages, where their filter-feeding and reef-building capabilities provide bentho-pelagic coupling and crucial habitat. As potentially the oldest representation of a metazoan-microbe symbiosis, they also harbor dense, diverse, and species-specific communities of microbes, which are increasingly recognized for their contributions to dissolved organic matter (DOM) processing. Recent omics-based studies of marine sponge microbiomes have proposed numerous pathways of dissolved metabolite exchange between the host and symbionts within the context of the surrounding environment, but few studies have sought to experimentally interrogate these pathways. By using a combination of metaproteogenomics and laboratory incubations coupled

SUBMITTER: Moeller FU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10356861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature