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Monitoring bacterial diversity of the marine sponge Ircinia strobilina upon transfer into aquaculture.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Mohamed Naglaa M, Rao Venkateswara, Hamann Mark T, Kelly Michelle, Hill Russell T
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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...
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