First Report on Chitin in a Non-Verongiid Marine Demosponge: The Mycale euplectellioides Case

First Report on Chitin in a Non-Verongiid Marine Demosponge: The Mycale euplectellioides Case

Sponges (Porifera) are recognized as aquatic multicellular organisms which developed an effective biochemical pathway over millions of years of evolution to produce both biologically active secondary metabolites and biopolymer-based skeletal structures. Among marine demosponges, only representatives...

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Main Authors: Sonia Żółtowska-Aksamitowska, Lamiaa A. Shaala, Diaa T. A. Youssef, Sameh S. Elhady, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Iaroslav Petrenko, Marcin Wysokowski, Konstantin Tabachnick, Heike Meissner, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Nicole Bechmann, Yvonne Joseph, Teofil Jesionowski, Hermann Ehrlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
Porifera
Demosponges
Mycale
chitin
sponge skeleton
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/16/2/68

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