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Sponges sneeze mucus to shed particulate waste from their seawater inlet pores
Sponges, among the oldest extant multicellular organisms on Earth,(1) play a key role in the cycling of nutrients in many aquatic ecosystems.2, 3, 4, 5 They need to employ strategies to prevent clogging of their internal filter system by solid wastes,6, 7, 8 but self-cleaning mechanisms are largely...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cell Press
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9473484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35952668 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.017 |