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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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Autores principales: Kornder, Niklas A., Esser, Yuki, Stoupin, Daniel, Leys, Sally P., Mueller, Benjamin, Vermeij, Mark J.A., Huisman, Jef, de Goeij, Jasper M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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