Collaboration with Valerio Mazzella and Laura Núnez Pons
Fungal ITS1 and bacterial 16S seqeuences were obtained from 4 marine sponge species:
- Petrosia ficiformis
- Chondrosia reniformis
- Chondrilla nucula
- Crambe crambe
This research project deals with the adaptation of sponges to ocean acidification in natural CO2 vents in the Mediterranean Ocean.