Host specificity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae in marine sponges, Dysidea spp.

By Robert W. Thacker, S. Starnes. 2003

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Cyanobacteria in Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Review (2012, background): “Because cyanobacterial symbionts can also overgrow and kill their host sponge, it is not known whether sponges can actively regulate their symbiont populations [26].”
Identification of the cellular site of polychlorinated peptide biosynthesis in the marine sponge Dysidea (Lamellodysidea) herbacea and symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae by CARD-FISH analysis (2005, background): “Similarly, through characterization of 16S rDNA sequences, Thacker and Starnes (2003) found that three species of Dysidea from Guam (D. herbacea, D. chlorea, and D. granulosa) each contain a genetically distinct clade of O. spongeliae symbionts.”
Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities (2011, background): “These symbionts can be vertically transmitted (Sharp et al. 2007; Collin et al. 2010) and likely represent an ancient evolutionary relationship resulting from a combination of multiple host colonization events and cospeciation (Thacker and Starnes 2003; Thacker et al. 2007).”