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Culturable associated-bacteria of the sponge Theonella swinhoei show tolerance to high arsenic concentrations

Sponges are potent filter feeders and as such are exposed to high fluxes of toxic trace elements, which can accumulate in their body over time. Such is the case of the Red Sea sponge Theonella swinhoei, which has been shown to accumulate up to 8500 mg/Kg of the highly toxicelement arsenic. T. swinho...

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Autores principales: Keren, Ray, Lavy, Adi, Mayzel, Boaz, Ilan, Micha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25762993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00154