Assessing the diversity and biomedical potential of microbes associated with the Neptune's Cup sponge, Cliona patera

• Main Authors: Ho, Xin Yi, Katermeran, Nursheena Parveen, Deignan, Lindsey Kane, Phyo, Ma Yadanar, Ong, Ji Fa Marshall, Goh, Jun Xian, Ng, Juat Ying, Tun, Karenne, Tan, Lik Tong
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Bacterial Diversity; Quorum-Sensing Inhibition
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159369
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Marine sponges are known to host a complex microbial consortium that is essential to the health and resilience of these benthic invertebrates. These sponge-associated microbes are also an important source of therapeutic agents. The Neptune's Cup sponge, Cliona patera, once believed to be extinc...