Marine sponge microbial association: Towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions

Marine sponge microbial association: Towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions

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Accepted Manuscript Marine sponge microbial association: Towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions G. Seghal Kiran, Sivasankari Sekar, Pasiyappazham Ramasamy, Thangadurai Thinesh, Saqib Hassan, Anuj Nishanth Lipton, A.S. Ninawe, Joseph Selvin PII:

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Marine sponge microbial association: towards disclosing unique symbiotic interactions

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G. Seghal Kirana, Sivasankari Sekarb, Pasiyappazham Ramasamyb, Thangadurai Thineshc, Saqib Hassanb, Anuj Nishanth Liptonb, A.S. Ninawed, Joseph Selvinb*

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Florida International University, Miami, Florida - 33199

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Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India

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Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry –

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1. Introduction

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2. Insights of sponge-eukaryotic symbionts

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2.1. Sponge-algae symbiosis

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2.2. Sponge- fungi symbiosis

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2.3. Sponge- yeast symbiosis

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2.4. Sponge- polychaetes symbiosis

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2.5. Sponge- barnacles symbiosis

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2.6. Sponge- mangroves symbiosis

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2.7. Sponge- other symbiosis 3. Sponge-specific microbial symbionts

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3.1. Functional ecology of symbiosis

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3.2. Sponge- bacterial symbiosis

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3.3. Sponge- Actinobacteria symbiosis

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4. Nutritional association of sponges and its holobionts

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4.1. Sponge- holobiont symbiosis

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Abstract

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Sponges are sessile benthic filter-feeding animals, which harbor numerous microorganisms. The

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enormous diversity and abundance of sponge associated bacteria envisages sponges as hot spots

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of microbial diversity and dynamics. Many theories were proposed on the ecological

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implications and mechanism of sponge-microbial association, among these, the biosynthesis of

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sponge derived bioactive molecules by the symbiotic bacteria is now well-indicated. This

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phenomenon however, is not exhibited by all marine sponges. Based on the available reports, it

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has been well established that the sponge associated microbial assemblages keep on changing

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continuously in response to environmental pressure and/or acquisition of microbes from

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surrounding seawater or associated macroorganisms. In this review, we have discussed

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nutritional association of sponges with its holobionts, interaction of sponges with other

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eukaryotic organisms, dynamics of sponge microbiome and sponge-specific microbial

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symbionts, sponge-coral association etc.

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Keywords: Sponges, microbial association, sponge-specific bacteria, ecological interactions

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1. Introduction

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Sponges are evolutionary ancient metazoans belonging to the phylum Porifera (Thakur and

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Muller, 2004). They are sessile organisms and are mainly found in marine and freshwater

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habitats (Kriska 2013; Pronzato et al., 2017). Sponges are highly efficient filter-feeding animals

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with porous internal canal system for circulating water throughout their body, providing nutrients

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as well as takes part in waste expulsion (Trautman and Hinde, 2001; Reiswig, 1974). About

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15,000 species of sponges have been described so far, but their true diversity may be higher

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(Hooper et al., 2002). There are mainly four classes of sponges namely the Calcarea (five orders

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and 24 families), Hexactinellida (six orders and 20 families), Homoscleromorpha (one order and

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two families) and Demospongiae (15 orders and 92 families), being the most populated class

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(Hooper et al., 2002; Gazave et al., 2012).

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Marine sponges are the main source of bioactive molecules from the marine environment (Blunt

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et al., 2004; Malve, 2016; Mehbub et al., 2014). The unique biosynthetic pathways of bioactive

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secondary metabolites derived from marine sponges are actually associated with sponge specific

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bacterial symbionts. It has been prooved that sponge derived bioactive molecules has been

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biosynthesized by sponge specific microbial symbionts (Sacristan-Soriano et al., 2011; Wilson et

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al., 2014). Sponges harbor a large population of microorganisms comprising about 50% of their

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biomass (Hentschel et al., 2003, Usher et al., 2004a; Wang, 2006). Sponge tissues provide a

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dwelling place to many of the symbiotic species which include heterotrophic bacteria, facultative

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anaerobes, dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria, archaea, yeast, fungi and even viruses (Webster and

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Hill, 2001; Schippers et al., 2012). Around 15,000 to 30,000 unique natural compounds have

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been isolated from marine sources (Arrieta et al., 2010; Mehbub et al., 2014; Malve, 2016; Kiuru

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et al., 2014; Lindequist, 2016). So far only few pharmaceutical products derived from sponges

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have been approved by FDA which include Cytarabine (Ara-C), vidarabine (Ara-A),

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Halichondrin B, Eribulin mesylate (a Halichondrin analogue) is the latest addition to these

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products (Huyck et al., 2011; Mayer et al., 2010; Montaser & Luesch, 2011; Jordan et al., 2005)

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Approval for marine drugs started with the drug zoconotide, a peptide derived from a tropical

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marine cone snail in 2004 which was used for the treatment of chronic pain caused from spinal

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cord injury (Perdicaris et al., 2013). Trabectedin is an anti-tumour compound extracted from sea-

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squirt for the first time in 2007. An example of bioactive compound that is produced by sponge

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is stevensine from Axinella corrugate; stevensine can be produced in primary sponge cell

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cultures. Halichondrin isolated from the sponge Lyssodendoryx has proven to possess strong

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anti-tumor effects. In the last few years, several extracts from marine environment are under

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Phase I-III trials (Mayer et al., 2010). Ara-C is documented as the first marine derived anticancer

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agent that has been recently used for the treatment of leukemia (Schwartsman, 2000; Proksch et

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al., 2002). Monanchocidin, a novel polycyclic guanidine alkaloid isolated from the marine

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sponge Monachora pulchra was found to induce cell death in human monocytic leukemia,

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human cervical cancer and mouse epidermal (Guzii at al., 2010). A novel cytotoxic peptide

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KENPVLSLVNGMF isolated and purified using enzyme mediated hydrolysis from the marine

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sponge Xestospongia testudinaria was found toexhibit significant cytotoxicity to thethe human

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cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) (Quah et al., 2017). Dimeric sphingolipid leucettamol A (1) was

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isolated for the first time along with 5, Bromophakelline (bromo pyrrole alkaloid) from the

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marine sponge Agelas sp. and acts as an anti-mycobacterial compound against Mycobacterium

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smegmatis (Abdjul et al., 2017). Ceylonins G–I: spongian diterpenes have been isolated from

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the marine sponge Spongia ceylonensis and have shown inhibitory activity against Ubiquitin-

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specific protease 7 (USP7) (El-Desoky et al., 2017). Microbes associated with marine sponges

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perform biological as well as ecological roles including nutrient cycling, synthesis of bioactive

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molecules such as antibiotics (Graçia et al.,2016), biosurfactants (Kiran et al., 2010), poly-

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hydroxy butyrates (Sathiyanarayana et al.,2013; Kiran et al.,2016), pigments (Ibrahim et al.,

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2014; Kiran et al., 2014), enzymes (Mohapatra et al., 2003; Shanmughapriya et al., 2009; Selvin

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et al., 2012), antipredation compounds (Kelman et al., 2009; Selvin et al., 2010) and antibiofilm

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compounds (Kiran et al., 2010; Stowe et al., 2011) that prevents predation and fouling (Satheesh

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et al., 2016). Various factors influencing sponge microbial associations include nutrient

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availability, water current, ecological niche and temperature (Simister et al., 2012).Though this

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review primarily intends to describe sponge associated unique microbial symbionts, an insight of

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eukaryotic symbionts was included in the review as to substantiate recent deliberations on

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recruitment of microbial symbionts from eukaryotic associates. Dynamics of sponge microbiome

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and sponge-coral association has also been discussed.

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2. Insights of sponge-eukaryotic symbionts

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Sponges have been associated with wide range of eukaryotic symbionts, however the

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exchange/acquisition of microbial symbionts from associated eukaryotes remains to be explored.

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Recent insights from coral-sponge association provide an evidence for the possible exchange of

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microbial symbionts in between the two. The researcher documented a list of sponge associated

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macroorganisms which include polychaetes, macroalgae, mangroves, barnacles, hydrozoans,

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anthozoans, ophiurids, insects, yeast, fungi and corals (Siepmann and Hoshnk, 1992; Holler et

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2.1. Sponge-algae symbiosis

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The Haliclona-Ceratodictyon association was reported as an obligate symbiosis and in this

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sponge-macroalgal symbiosis, neither sponge nor alga grow independently or in association with

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other species (Trautman et al., 2000). As the Haliclona caerulea/Jania adherens association has

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been reported as an obligatory and mutualistic association (Naim, 2015).

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The investigation of fungal association with the sponge has been initiated through the molecular

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detection of the sponges namely Suberites zeteki and Mycale armata collected from Kaneohe

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Bay located on the northeastern coast of the island of Oahu, HI and reported more than 20 fungal

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species from each sponges. The fungal species reported includes Cladosporium sp, Hortaea sp,

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Aureobasidium sp, Penicillium sp, Aspergillus sp, Hypocreales sp, Gibberella sp, Candida sp,

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Ascomycota sp, Phoma sp under the phylum of Ascomycot and Schizophyllum sp, Phlebia sp,

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Malassezia sp, Basidiomycete sp under the phylum of Basidiomycota (Gao et al., 2008). The

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study has been continued with the traditional isolation method of fungal communities from

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sponge samples Amphimedon viridis, Axinella corrugate, Dragmacidon reticulate, Geo-dia

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corticostylifera, Mycale laxissima, Mycale angulosa and around 61 species have been isolated

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and grouped under the genus of Aspergillus, Agaricales, Atheliales, Acremonium, Arthtiniun,

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Bionectria, Botryosphaeria, Cunninghamela, Mucor, Nectria, Pestalotiopsis, Polyporales,

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Rhizopus,

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Trichoderma, Verticillium. However among the fungal communities, around 8-25% has been

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reported as unidentified cultures. It is worth to note that the fungal symbionts of sponges have

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degrading enzymes (Menezes et al., 2010). The fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis isolated from

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the sponge has been reported originally originated from the terrestrial soil (Kumar et al., 2015).

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examination of egg and adult tissue. It believed to play an important role in sponge metabolism

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(Maldonado et al., 2005). The novel yeast isolate Leucosporidium escuderoi f.a., sp. nov., has

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been reported form the marine sponge Hymeniacidon sp collected from Fildes Bay, King

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George Island, Antarctica (Laich et al., 2014). This sponge yeast symbiosis and mechanisms of

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the yeast association has not been evaluated well.

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The polychaetes are frequently found in close proximity to sponges due to the presence of holes,

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grooves, chambers and channels (Martin and Britayev, 1998) that shelter them as well as act as a

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good source for providing nutrients. Among the polychaetes, Haplosyllides has been reported to

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be an obligate endosymbiont of the sponge Xetospongia muta (Martin et al., 2008). Sponges are

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unique marine sedentary filter feeders not efficient in capturing prey size >5 µm (Sarda et al.,

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2002). Expulsion of such large food particles (prey) in filter feeding mechanism of sponges is an

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energy dependent process. The association of polychaete worms could be beneficial to the host

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sponges as the worms could prey such large organisms and the excreta of digested prey could be

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used as a nutritional source of host sponges (Sarda et al., 2002).

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Barnacles are the sedentary crustacean animals, commonly found in the intertidal and shallow

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subtidal zones of oceans. They exist as free-living as well assymbionts, and they

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principally cause marine fouling because of encrustation on ships and marine engineering

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devices. Symbiotic barnacles are found to be associated with various marine fauna starting from

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motile organisms such as whales, sirenians, sea turtles, crocodiles, sea snakes, crustaceans, and

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molluscs to sessile organisms including sponges, cnidarians and bryozoans. Ilan and co-workers

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reported that eight different species of barnacles residing in nine species of sponges surveyed

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from the Red Sea. As inferred by them, barnacles residing on sponges face the danger of being

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overgrown and engulfed by the host tissue (Ilan et al., 1999). Two sponge species Theonella

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conica and Callyspongia sp., are slow grower hence, less possibility to be engulfed. Although

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the sponge (host) defense protects the barnacles from predation and competition (Van et al.,

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2010).

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2.6. Sponge- mangroves symbiosis

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Mangrove forests are considered as one of the most vegetated estuarine environments of the

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marine ecosystem as they comprise of several flora and fauna thriving in the nutrient limited,

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drenched and anoxic soils (Ellison et al., 1996). A transplantation study of Ellison and co-

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workers reported the facultative mutualism between the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle and

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its root-fouling sponges namely, Tedaniaignis and Haliclona implexiformis in the mangrove cays

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of Central America (Ellison et al., 1996). These root fouling sponges benefit the mangrove by

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facilitating the transfer of inorganic nitrogen to adventitious roots (Ellison et al., 1996). The

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ecological interaction between sponges and mangroves remains unclear and require

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comprehensive investigation. The study conducted by Hunting and co-workers concluded that

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the tannins play a vital role in recruitment of associated sponge Tedania ignis. The tannin and

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polyphenol production in roots of mangrove plant Rhizophora mangle and its responsibility for

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the sponge colonization were also reported. Since, it is being a suitable example of plant-animal

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symbiosis (Hunting et al., 2010).

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Crocker and Reiswig reported that six species of common Caribbean Zoanthidea (Parazoanthus

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swiftii,

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and Epizoanthus sp.) were constrained to live on surfaces of reef-dwelling sponges (Crocker and

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Reiswig, 1981) Turon et al. (2000) reported the specific mass recruitment of Ophiothrix fragilis

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(Ophiuroidea) on sponges as commensals and the associated Ophiurids clean up the internal

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surfaces of the sponges (Hendler 1984; Turon et al., 2000). The aquatic insect Sisyrafuscata have

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been reported as a symbiotins with an European freshwater sponge, Euspongilla lacustris

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(Henry, 1967). Once associated with the sponge, the larva completes its life cycle within the

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sponge as the host provides it with food, shelter and oxygen (Henry, 1967). The association of

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demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis with an edible mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was

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reported recently (Longo et al., 2016). Sponges have been reported to be associated with

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hydrozoans (Puce et al., 2005) and other sponges as well. Wilcox and co-workers reported a

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symbiotic association between two sponges in the Florida Keys wherein the two-sponge species

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(Penares hellericovered by an external sponge, Antho involvens) were tough to take apart. The

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interesting phenomena to look into particularly, how their nutritional acquisition, ecology and

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Sponges hold highly diverse, yet specific microbial symbiont communities, despite the constant

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influx of seawater microorganisms resulting from their filter-feeding activities (Taylor et al.,

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2013; Thomas et al., 2016). Ecological perspectives of microbial symbionts associated with

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sponges have been considered as great importance as it seems to be a determinant of niche

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selection, biodiversity and biogeography.

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3.1. Functional ecology of symbiosis

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The microbial contribution towards the total weight of the sponge has been investigated

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continuously and reported as near as 50% of the sponge biomass (Hentschel et al., 2003;

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Hentschel et al., 2006; Schippers et al., 2012). Some of the proposed reasons for the maintenance

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of sponge-microbial symbiont association (Thacker and Freeman, 2012) include nutrient cycling,

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strengthening of sponge skeleton, recycling of metabolic wastes and synthesis of secondary

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metabolites to combat predation and fouling. Functional ecology and symbiotic interactions of

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microbes in sponges include nutritional benefits to the host sponge through nitrogen recycling

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(Bayer et al., 2008). The interaction between these symbionts and the host sponges has not been

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well understood yet as they may be invasive or beneficial (from parasitism to mutualism)

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(Thacker and Freeman, 2012). The available reports envisage the functional ecology of sponge-

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microbial association and can be grouped under two categories namely, chemical defense and

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nutritional symbiosis (Pawlik et al., 1995; Taylor et al., 2007a). Sponges have been reported in

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symbiotic relation with photosymbiotic cyanobacteria (Thacker, 2005) mimicking the

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dinoflagellate-coral symbiosis (Fournier, 2013).

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Sponges are known to associate with microorganisms spanning a remarkable number of different

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microbial phyla and candidate phyla ranging between 41-60 (Taylor et al., 2007a; Schmitt et al.,

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2012; Reveillaud et al., 2014; Rix et al., 2016a; Thomas et al., 2016; Webster and Thomas, 2016;

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Silva et al., 2017; Steinert et al., 2017). The levels of richness and diversity of these symbiont

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communities vary widely between sponge species, most of which are considered metabolically

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active (Kamke et al., 2010; Webster and Thomas, 2016). Phylogenetic analysis has revealed that

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the dominant sponge-associated microorganisms reside within the taxa Gamma- and

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Alphaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Nitrospirae, Cyanobacteria, Entotheonella the

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candidate phylum “Poribacteria,” “Thaumarchaea,” and ‘Tectobacteria’ (Hentschel., 2012;

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Simister et al., 2012, Wilson et al., 2014, Webster and Thomas, 2016). It has been hypothesized

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that a combination of vertical and horizontal microbial transmission might be occurring in

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sponges leads to highly specific associations on the one hand and ensures global distributions on

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the other (Hentschel., 2012). The relative abundance of sponge specific bacteria might be playing

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an important role in the synthesis of secondary metabolites required for protection of host sponge

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(Fig. 1). Perhaps sponge associated bacteria were highly abundant than sponge specific bacteria.

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There are some evidences surfacing which support that sponge specific bacteria may be involved

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in the synthesis of sponge derived bioactive molecules (Mehbub et al., 2014).

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Through metagenomics, the functions of sponge bacteria including defence mechanisms,

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metabolic interactions with host through vitamin production, nutrient transport and utilization,

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redox sensing and protein-protein interactions mediated through ankyrin and tetratricopeptide

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Gammaproteobacteria which are specific to sponges have a close homology to the ammonia-

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oxiding Nitrococcus clade, while phylotypes of Nitrosomonaseutropha/ europaeahave been

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found commonly associated withvarious mangrove sponges (Diaz et al., 2004). Chloroflexiwas

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the one of the most common and diverse bacterial phyla in sponges and contains many sponge-

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specific lineages.

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The sponge Dendrilla nigracontains diverse bioactives including antibacterial, antifungal,

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brineshrimp cytotoxicity, microalgal lethality, insecticidal, anticoagulant, anti-fouling and anti-

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predation properties (Selvin and Lipton, 2004). To explore the associated bacteria to produce

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bioactive metabolites and to understand the chemical ecology of host sponge, efforts were taken

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for the successful isolation of antagonistic producers. Five media compositions including one

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without enrichment (control), enriched with sponge extract, with growth regulator (antibiotic),

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with auto inducers (such as cAMP and g-butyrolactone, an analogue of acyl homoserine

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lactones, AHLs) and complete enrichment containing sponge extract, antibiotic and auto

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inducers were developed. DNA hybridization assay was used to explore host specific bacteria

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and ecotypes of culturable sponge associated bacteria. Enrichment with selective inducers (AHLs

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of sponge associated bacteria (Selvin, 2009; Esteves et al., 2016). The strain MSI051 was the

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first isolate obtained in the efforts for culturing the Candidatus (unculturable) heterotrophic

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bacteria found associated with the marine sponge Dendrilla nigra. Based on the biochemical

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characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, the strain MSI051 was named as Streptomyces dendra

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since the isolate was an endosymbiont of D. nigra (Selvin, 2009).

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Actinobacteria associated with marine sponges are mostly secondary metabolite producers which

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are used in natural products and drug discovery. The members of Acidimicrobiae are sponge

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specific bacteria closely related to culturable Microthrix parvicella and Acidimicrobium

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ferreoxidans. In the marine sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile, actinobacteria have been recovered

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by using culture dependent and independent method (Webster et al., 2001). It has been

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discovered that three sponge-specific actinobacterial clusters are found in Theonella swinhoei

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and Aplysina aeropoba (Hentschel et al., 2002; Montalvo et al., 2005; Olson and Mccarthy,

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2005). Recently, the new azepino-diindole alkaloid, rhodozepinone (1) has been isolated from

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the marine sponge associated actinomycete Rhodococcus sp. UA13 and exhibited antibacterial

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and anti-trypanosomal activity against S. aureus NCTC 8325, T. brucei brucei TC221, T. brucei

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brucei TC221 (Elsayed et al., 2017).

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Cyanobacteria represent the most mutual candidate of the sponge-associated microbial

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communities. This symbiont functions in the host machinery as a manager of photosynthesis,

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nitrogen fixation, light shielding and defense (Webster and Taylor, 2012). The evidence of algal-

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sponge symbiosis was first reported by Vacelet (1981). The association of unicellular

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cyanobacteria with sponges has been reported (Thacker, 2005) which provide nutritional

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supplementation to its host thereby increasing biotic potential of sponges and growth. However,

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the cyanobacterial symbionts gain benefit by living inside the host internal cavities to prevent

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themselves from predation (Usher, 2008). Among the cyanobacteria, Synechococcus was

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considered as the chief contributor of carbon fluxes to sponge (Usher, 2008). The Cyanobacteria,

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Synechococcus or Prochlorococcus which were photosynthetic organisms were the single most

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dominant species in world’s ocean.These photosynthetic organisms were found in 26

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Demospongiae and 17 Calcarae families which were responsible for the characteristic colours in

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sponge hosts. The colour variations in phycobiliprotein indicates the species of sponge host

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(Usher et al., 2004c). They were mostly found on the outer surfaces and distributed throughout

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the inner core of the sponges. The Aphanocapsa feldmannii, Synechococcus feldmannii- type

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Candidatus‘Synechococcus spongiarum’ was identified from the sponge Chondrilla nucula

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(Usher et al. 2004b). The members of Synechococcus clade lacks co-speciation with their sponge

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host. Filamentous cyanobacterium, Oscillatoria spongeliae found in many Dysidea sponges

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exhibit a high level of host specificity harbouring its own symbiont strain than Synechococcus

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(Thacker and Stranes, 2003; Ridley et al., 2005).In recent studies, the sponge specific bacteria

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al., 2012; Yin et al., 2015; Thomas et al., 2016).The framework of interconnected metabolisms

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of all living beings still maintains the ecological balance of this earth through food web and

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highly diverse symbiotic microbial communities of marine sponges are thought to play a crucial

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role in their evolutionary success (Easson and Thacker, 2014; Tian et al., 2014; Webster and

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Thomas, 2016; Slaby et al., 2017). The nutritional exchange between sponge and symbiont not

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only impacts the individual benefits of the holobionts, but also to the environment where the

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suspension-feeding activity of sponges cleans up the surrounding seawater. There is growing

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biogeochemical sources. This is because the sponges almost directly determine the levels of

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dissolved nutrients including carbon, nitrogen, silicates and so on for the primary production.

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symbionts (Maldonado et al., 2012). Many species are colonized by dense and diverse microbial

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Sponge symbionts also have a role in the nitrogen metabolism of their hosts, the presence of

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nitrogen fixing bacteria in the Indo-Pacific coral reef sponge Callyspongia muricina was

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described by (Wilkinson et al., 1999). Sponge-associated fungi have a significant role in the

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nutrient recycling in their environment (Proksch et al., 2008; Colman, 2015). The association of

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these fungi as obligate symbionts of these sponge species remains unclear. In a nutrient stress

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condition, sponge associated bacteria effectively regulate nitrogenous wastes excreted from the

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sponge host to maintain uptake of inorganic nitrogen (Fig. 3). Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the

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genera Nitrosospira and Nitrosococcus (Mohamed et al., 2010) and the ammonia-oxidizing

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archaea, such as candidatus Cenarchaeum symbiosum (Park et al., 2010) plays an important role

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in the conversion of ammonia to nitrite in sponges. Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) such as

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Nitrospinaand Nitrospira (Off et al., 2010; Feng et al., 2016) as well as denitrifying bacteria such

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as Pseudovibrio denitrificans (Bondarev et al., 2013) have been identified in many sponge

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species. In sponge associated bacteria, the assimilation of ammonia takes place through

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glutamine synthase- glutamine oxoglutarate aminotransferase (GS-GOGAT) pathway (Fig. 2)

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and the genes encoding for urease and urea transporters have been described (Hallam et al.,

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2006; Siegl et al., 2011).

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sugar and carbon compounds from sponges for their nutritional benefits. Poribacteria are

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involved in autotrophic carbon fixation which contain ATP- citrate lyase genes involved in the

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reductive TCA cycle (Siegl et al., 2011). The sponge C. concentrica associated with

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Deltaproteobacteria were found to have association with cyanobacteria (Hentschel et al., 2012).

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Autotrophic carbon assimilation has been reported previously in Cenarchaeum symbiosum, a

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crenarchaeota symbiotically associated with axinellid sponges (Hallam et al., 2006).

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Several species of boring sponges are found symbiotically associated with zooxanthellae and this

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symbiotic association enhances the growth rate of the sponge via enhancing decalcification and

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increasing boring capacity of the sponge (Hill et al., 1996). Creatine is synthesized by most of

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the invertebrates including sponges (Lavy et al., 2014), and can be converted in-vivo non-

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enzymatically and irreversibly to creatinine by creatinase. Creatinase coding genes has been

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found in sponge-associated bacteria from multiple sponge species, demonstrating the ability of

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the sponge symbionts to degrade and use metabolic intermediates such as creatinine,

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which mediate protein-protein interaction in eukaryotes (Fig. 2). These proteins are involved in

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various functional processes like transcriptional initiators, cell cycle regulators, cytoskeleton

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proteins, ion transporters and signal transducers (Thomas et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2011).The

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putative sponge-specific bacterial family Poribacteria can produce methyl-branched fatty acids

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(Hochmuth et al., 2010) and metabolic interactions are shared between the host Cymbastella

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concentrica and its symbiont community (Thomas et al., 2010). There were several putative

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host-interaction factors like Ig like domains and laminin G domain proteins which were involved

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in adhesion and the presence of eukaryotic domains such as ankyrin, Sel1, fibronectin type III,

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leucin-rich repeat. These proteins provide the information of host poribacterial interaction

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Bacterial phyla which have been identified from sponges include, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria,

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Gemmatimonadetes, Nitrospira, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria (Alpha, Beta, Delta and

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Gammaproteobacteria), Spirochaetes, and Verrucomicrobia (Kim, 2015). In addition to these,

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fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies showed the presence of Rhopaloeides odorabile

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(Webster et al., 2001). Fusobacteria have been isolated from New Zealand sponge Stellata

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maori, and it appears to be the only phylum present in that sponge (Schmitt et al., 2012).

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Archaea reported from marine sponges include the members of the phylum Crenarchaeota with

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a few from the phylum Euryarchaeota (Pesaro and Widmer, 2002; Zhang et al., 2015a).The

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library constructed from the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris provides sequences from the

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Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Alpha- and Beta-proteobacteria (Gernert et al., 2005).

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Eukaryotic microbes were also reported to be present in sponges. In a recent study, sponge-

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associated fungus, Truncatella angustata has been reported to produce Truncateols, a new

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isoprenylated cyclohexanols with anti-H1N1 virus activities (Zhao et al., 2015). Limited

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information is available as far as the sponge-associated viruses were concerned, while virus-like

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particles have been observed in cell nuclei of Aplysina (Verongia) Cavernicola (Vacelet and

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Gallissian, 1978). They may have a role to play in sponge cell pathology. In addition to the high

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microbial diversity, more subtle patterns of host-symbiont distributions were recognized.

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Sponges with high microbial abundance have been isolated from their different reproductive

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stages as reported by Schmitt et al., (2008). The results from the previous studies prove the

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unique existence of sponge-specific bacterial clusters (Schmitt et al., 2012).

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External environment conditions and host factors affect sponge microbial associations, but most

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of the microbes are highly stable and resistant to physical and chemical agents. Starvation,

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exposure to antibiotics, and even translocation of sponges such as Aplysina aerophoba (Friedrich

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et al., 2001) and Aplysina cavernicola(Thoms et al., 2003) to different depths for brief periods

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can cause only minor changes in their bacterial composition. Also, Aplysina fistularis which

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wastranslocated from its natural depth of 4 m to an increased depth of 100 m showed no

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significant changes in the cyanobacterial population (Maldonado and Young, 1998). In a recent

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study conducted by Seo et al. (2016), bacterial profiling of three species of sponges namely,

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Lubomirskia baicalensis, Baikalospongia intermedia and Swartschewskia papyracea by

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pyrosequencing indicated abundance of Cyanobacteria. Diversity of the bacterial community in

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S. papyracea was higher as compared to L. baicalensis and B. intermedia. Particularly, the

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2016). Thioautotrophic symbionts have been discovered from deep sea sponges like

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Pachastrella sp. and share 99% sequence similarity with the thiosymbionts recovered from

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poecilosclerid sponges and bathymodiolus mussels (Nishijima et al., 2010). However, elevation

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of temperature causes a dominant shift in microbial community on marine sponges and also

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observed in the adult Rhopaloeides odorabilewhen the thermal threshold of 31–32ºC was slightly

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shifted to 33ºC causing necrosis and loss of microbial symbionts (Simister et al., 2012).

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Eutrophication causes significant changes in the diversity of the sponge-associated microbes

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(Sabarathnam et al., 2010). It provides high influx of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus,

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which leads to increase in phytoplankton and bacterial populations which, in turn leads to a

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higher biological oxygen demand (BOD) and increases the sedimentation rate of particulate

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matter (Nogales et al., 2011). In contrast, Webster et al. (2014) reported that eutrophication had

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no short-term effect on Cymbastela stipitata holobiont. (Luter et al., 2014).In earlier stages of

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nutrient influx in Chesapeake Bay (Kan et al., 2008), bacterial communities were predominated

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by SAR11, SAR86 and picocyanobacteria, however continued depletion of oxygen caused a shift

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in the bacterial community to anaerobic members of the Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Sulphur-

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oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria(West et al., 2016).The mechanisms of sponge microbial

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associations are not well understood, but there were many theories that have beenproposed to

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explain thesponge-microbial association. One of the theories suggestthat spongeduring its filter-

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feeding selectively absorbs specific bacteria from the surrounding water containing

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diversebacteria (Webster and Blackall, 2009). One more explanation is that there is a vertical

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transmission of symbionts through the gametes of the sponge by inclusion of the bacteria in the

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oocytes or larvae (Lee et al., 2009).

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the functions of marine ecosystem. Sponges are playing a very important, beneficial role in

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coral reef and ecosystem construction process, rather than destructive. Studies on the association

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between sponge and corals are not well understood due to the difficulties in long term monitor,

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sampling and follow-up, however, the maintaining the reef ecosystem dynamics is being obvious

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beneficial role. Sponges are known to be facilitate corals in many ways including providing

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nutrient (sponge loop), making suitable environment by clearing water and providing substrate

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(stabilizing dead coral rubbles) for new recruits (Goreau and Hartman, 1963; Wulff and Buss,

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6.1. Beneficial Food chain dynamics has important role in controlling the population and the whole

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ecosystem dynamics (Fretwell, 1987). The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays a critically

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role in carbon cycle. Sponges and corals work together and transfer the dissolved organic

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matter to higher organisms in the form of food and the process is refereed as “sponge loop”.

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In which sponge released DOC to water column trapped by the coral released mucus and

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transferred to higher organisms (Rix et al., 2016a). This similar process confirmed through

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laboratory isotope studies and observed in both shallow, warm water and deep sea cold water

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corals reef system (Rix et al., 2016b). Recent study carried out at Florida Keys also supports

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influence of sponge-derived DOM on chemical and ecological processes in coral reef ecosystems

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(Fiore et al., 2017). Moreover, the research on sponge associated bacteria form granules evident

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that microbes play a critical role in the phosphorus sequestration and phosphorous recycling in

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the environment (Zhang et al., 2015b). As the research efforts are being taken worldwide to

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Apart from the nutritional exchange, filter feeding mechanism of sponges in water

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column has also been play an important role in reef health by facilitating suitable environment

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from turbid for corals to grow and reproduce. The quick recovery of reefs from turbid

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environment caused by Hurricane was stated as best example and the studies carried out at

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hurricane affected reefs at Florida Keys revealed the correlation between sponge abundance

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(Filtering effects) and speedy recovery (Woodley et al., 1981). In addition, Mutualistic

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association of sponge with corals also has been reported that, sponge gets space for growth

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underneath the coral colonies, whereas the coral colony gets protected from bioeroders (Goreau

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and Hartman, 1966; Hill, 1998). As an extra profit, exhalant water from sponge enhances the

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food supply for corals that in turn increase coral growth, especially for coral polyps at the colony

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edge next to the sponge (Wulff, 2012). Serious of studies carried out by Wulff (2012) clearly

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highlighted the role that sponges can play in reef stabilization, consolidation and regeneration

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(Wulff, 1984; 2001; 2012). The research work done by Rasser and Riegl (2002) revealed the

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importance of sponge binding on Holocene coral reefs.

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reports on the short term impact to the coral communities (Jackson and Buss, 1975; Vicente,

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1978; Suchanek et al., 1983). Several research studies indicates that, there were about 95

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sponge species and 21 coral species engaged in sponge/coral interactions with minimal damage

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to overgrown coral colonies (Aerts, 1998). Although, the sad thing about the association is few

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sponge invasion and competitive succession over the corals has been increase and expanded

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its geographical locations due to climate change and the anthropogenic stress (Bell et al.,

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2013). In particular, the sponges such as Chondrilla nucula, Cliona spp. and Terpios hoshinota

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were aggressively grown over live corals and killed (Hill, 1998; Suchanek et al., 1983; Liao et

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al., 2007; Thinesh et al., 2015; 2017). However, the mechanism of this sponge association over

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The coral killing sponge T. hoshinota, Terpios has been expanding its geographical

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locations and cause mortality over 30 to 80% to many coral genera (Bryan, 1973). The invaded

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reefs collected from American Samoa and Philippines (Plucer-Rosario, 1987), Japan (Rutzler

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and Muzik, 1993; Reimer et al., 2011b), Taiwan (Liao et al., 2007), Great Barrier Reef in

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Australia (Fujii et al., 2011), Indonesia (De voogd et al., 2013), recently in India (Thinesh et al.,

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2015) and Mauritius (Elliott et al., 2016b). Atpresent, the sponge Terpios is being considered as

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a “Nuisance Species” to coral reef ecosystem. Similarly, the Cliona sp. was also recorded as

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abundance at coral reef environment (Ruzler, 2002: Schonberg and Ortiz 2008, Ward et al.,

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In Florida Keys the increasing trend has been noticed between 1996 and 2001 (Ward et al.,

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2005). The similar trend was also recoded in Queen land reef of Australia between 1998 to

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2004. Most of the invasive studies were done at a short period of time; hence, long term

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assessment is the most important factor for the complete understanding of the effect. In terms

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of understanding the mechanism for overgrowth of sponges, very few studies have been

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attempted in Terpios. In accordance with the literature reported, the steps involved in the

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mechanism of sponge invasion are summarized i) Dense populations of photosynthetic

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cyanobacteria in the mesohyl could aid the sponge to enter into an active competition with

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the corals, thereby leads to overgrowth by tendrils on the live corals (Wang et al., 2015; Elliott

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et al.,2016a) ii) release of chemical deterrents to the ecosystem, leads the production of

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cytotoxic compounds which weaken the coral tissue (Wang et al., 2015; Elliott et al., 2016a)

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iii) Tang et al. (2011), The changes in the microbial assemblages that accompany the invasion

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process might weaken the coral and that resulted the sponge to attain succession during the

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period of invasive growth. The exact ecological reason and the mechanism behind this invasive sponge outbreak

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are remains unknown. However, the increasing evidence: Influence of ocean acidification,

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climate change and pollution has the link to sponge outbreaks (Rutzler and Muzik, 1993;

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Reimer et al., 2011b; Schils, 2012; Powell et al., 2014; Thinesh et al., 2017). On the hole, the

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research studies and the long term co-existence of sponges in the healthy reef environment,

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observed invasive impact most frequently at the sites where environmental conditions are

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polluted and affected by climatic threats highlights the importance of sponges in the marine

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ecosystem rather than destructive. Hence, further studies on the association particularly

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nutritional exchange at different geographical locations with different environmental

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Marine sponges are sedentary aquatic animals harboring microbial symbionts upto 50% of

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sponge biomass. Sponge-microbial association is a subject of investigation since unique

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beneficial effects of host-symbionts remain unresolved. Albeit reports evident that sponge-

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specific symbionts are responsible for synthesis and sequestration of sponge-derived bioactive

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molecules, it has been reported that the sponge-microbiome consortia are not consistent in

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different niches and geographical locations.The concept of microbiome dynamics, particularly

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change of diverse sponge microbiome to specific abundant microbiome for the synthesis of

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bioactive molecules, perhaps occurred as a response to external pressure such as predation or

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competition and it should be mainstream focus of sponge microbiome research. The available

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literature does not have any conclusive data to show the recruitment/exchange of microbial

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symbionts between sponge and associated macroorganisms. The nutritional exchange between

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sponge and microbial symbiont is illustrated in this review as an ecological benefit of sponge

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microbial association. The symbiotic microbes play a significant role in the nutrient recycling of

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sponge excreta and availability of nutrient in the surrounding seawater facilitate abundance of

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planktonic organisms. Most of the available literature on sponge-coral association explains

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invasive nature of sponges, but in situ shading-experiments have proven that changes in the

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microbial assemblage of sponge would reduce the colorization capacity over corals. However

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further research is warranted on microbiome dynamics and symbiont acquisition which would

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