Stability of the Microbiome of the Sponge Mycale (Oxymycale) acerata in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Happel, Lea, Rondon, Rodolfo, Font, Alejandro, González-Aravena, Marcelo, Cárdenas, César A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Doumer; Doumer Island; Palmer Archipelago; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.827863; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.827863/full

The sponge microbiome, especially in Low Microbial Abundance (LMA) species, is expected to be influenced by the local environment; however, contrasting results exist with evidence showing that host specificity is also important, hence suggesting that the microbiome is influenced by host-specific and...