Effects of plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on the microbiome of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon heliophila.

Marine pollution research in the last 15 years focused on an emerging anthropogenic contaminant: plastic debris and more specifically, microplastics. Since, not only its physical impacts on marine invertebrates were studied, but also its additives. Phthalate, a plasticizer commonly found in the ocean and known endocrine disruptor was already observed in different aquatic invertebrates, but few is known about its presence and possible effects in Porifera physiology.

Diversity and structure of bacterial and archaeal communities associated with the vulnerable sponge Halichondria cebimarensis.

Sponges are essential components of the marine benthos and well known for their complex and abundant associated microbial communities. There are five endemic species of the genus Halichondria on the Brazilian coast and H. cebimarensis is one of the least studied.

The Porifera microeukaryome: Addressing the neglected associations between sponges and protists.

While bacterial and archaeal communities of sponges are intensively studied, given their importance to the animal's physiology as well as sources of several new bioactive molecules, the potential and roles of associated protists remain poorly known. Historically, culture-dependent approaches dominated the investigations of sponge-protist interactions. With the advances in omics techniques, these associations could be visualized at other equally important scales.

Impact of Delirium and Its Motor Subtypes on Stroke Outcomes.

Background And Purpose: Delirium is an acute and fluctuating impairment of attention, cognition, and behavior. Although common in stroke, studies that associate the clinical subtypes of delirium with functional outcome and death are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the influence of delirium occurrence and its different motor subtypes over stroke patients' prognosis.