A rod-like bacterium is responsible for high molybdenum concentrations in the tropical sponge Halichondria phakellioides

Constanza Buccella; Belinda Alvarez de Glasby; Karen Gibb; Anna Padovan

doi:10.1071/MF13254

A rod-like bacterium is responsible for high molybdenum concentrations in the tropical sponge Halichondria phakellioides

Constanza Buccella, Belinda Alvarez de Glasby, Karen Gibb, Anna Padovan

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The tropical marine sponge, Halichondria phakellioides, from Darwin Harbour contains high concentrations of molybdenum. A rod-like bacterium extracellular in sponge tissue was observed using transmission electron microscopy. Molybdenum was located within these bacteria, but not in sponge cells. This is the first report of the trace element molybdenum localised in a sponge bacterial symbiont. Many different bacterial symbionts were identified in the sponge by sequence analysis so the identity of the molybdenum-accumulating bacterium could only be inferred.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	838-848
Number of pages	11
Journal	Marine and Freshwater Research
Volume	65
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/MF13254
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2014

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