Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds by Marine Sponges: Implications for Coastal Bioremediation.

ABSTRACT: Sponges (Porifera) are among the oldest known animal-microbe symbioses and are key players in marine biogeochemical cycles. Ubiquitous across benthic marine habitats, they process dissolved organic matter and participate in chemosynthetic pathways. We quantified, for the first time, volatile organic compounds (VOCs, namely, halomethanes, sulfur-containing compounds, and isoprene) in the inhaled and exhaled water of three Mediterranean sponge species: two high-microbial abundance (HMA), Aplysina aerophoba and Agelas oroides, and one low-microbial abundance (LMA), Dysidea avara. Using the Vacusip-INEX method in aquaria and in situ in a NW Mediterranean marine-protected area, we found that HMA sponges efficiently removed bromomethanes and dimethyl disulfide (DMS) a

SUBMITTER: Simo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12756903 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature