"Porifera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The phylum of sponges which are sessile, suspension-feeding, multicellular animals that utilize flagellated cells called choanocytes to circulate water. Most are hermaphroditic. They are probably an early evolutionary side branch that gave rise to no other group of animals. Except for about 150 freshwater species, sponges are marine animals. They are a source of ALKALOIDS; STEROLS; and other complex molecules useful in medicine and biological research.
Descriptor ID |
D011161
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.802
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Concept/Terms |
Porifera- Porifera
- Poriferas
- Sponge (Zoology)
- Sponges (Zoology)
- Sponges
- Sponge
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2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porifera" by people in Profiles.
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Meta-transcriptomic comparison of two sponge holobionts feeding on coral- and macroalgal-dissolved organic matter. BMC Genomics. 2022 Sep 29; 23(1):674.
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Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis. BMC Biol. 2022 05 06; 20(1):100.
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Wounding response in Porifera (sponges) activates ancestral signaling cascades involved in animal healing, regeneration, and cancer. Sci Rep. 2022 01 25; 12(1):1307.
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Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms Are Predictors of Microbiome Diversity in Distinct Host Groups. Microb Ecol. 2020 Jan; 79(1):252-257.
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How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans. Bioessays. 2014 Dec; 36(12):1185-94.
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Compagen, a comparative genomics platform for early branching metazoan animals, reveals early origins of genes regulating stem-cell differentiation. Bioessays. 2008 Oct; 30(10):1010-8.