Monitoring bacterial diversity of the marine sponge Ircinia strobilina upon transfer into aquaculture.

ABSTRACT: Marine sponges in the genus Ircinia are known to be good sources of secondary metabolites with biological activities. A major obstacle in the development of sponge-derived metabolites is the difficulty in ensuring an economic, sustainable supply of the metabolites. A promising strategy is the ex situ culture of sponges in closed or semiclosed aquaculture systems. In this study, the marine sponge Ircinia strobilina (order Dictyoceratida: family Irciniidae) was collected from the wild and maintained for a year in a recirculating aquaculture system. Microbiological and molecular community analyses were performed on freshly collected sponges and sponges maintained in aquaculture for 3 months and 9 months. Chemical analyses were performed on wild collected sponges and individuals maintained in

SUBMITTER: Mohamed NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446523 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature