Table 2 Response of sponge microbiome to environmental stressors

 Geodia barreti

EMP pipeline

No

–

Ecophysiology

[168]

 Rhopaloeides odorabile

TRFLP; metagenomics

Yes

Yes

RT-qPCR

[158]

 R. odorabile

pyrosequencing on DNA and cDNA

Yes

–

–

[182]

 R. odorabile larva

DGGE

Yes

–

–

[231]

 R. odorabile

DGGE and cloning

Yes

–

–

[232]

 Ircinia fasciculata, I. oros

TRFLP

No

–

–

[233]

 I. fasciculata

PAM fluorometry

–

Yes

–

[194]

 Ianthella basta

DGGE and cloning

Yes

–

–

[173]

 Xestospongia muta

TRFLP, cloning and RT-qPCR of amoA gene

Yes

Yes

–

[234]

 Halichondria bowerbanki

DGGE

Yes

–

–

[235]

 Dysidea avara, Agelas oroides, Chondrosia reniformis

Pyrosequencing

spp-specific

–

Growth

[213]

 Coelocarteria singaporensis, Cinachyra sp

Pyrosequencing; PICRUST

Cyano

yes

–

[47]

 X. muta

Pyrosequencing and PICRUST; PAM fluorometry

Yes

yes

–

[174]

 Carteriospongia foliascens; R. odorabile; Stylissa flabelliformis; Cymbastella coralliophila

PAM fluorometry

–

yes

Ecophysiology

[183]

 C. foliascens, C. coralliophila; Cliona orientalis, Coscinoderma matthewsi, S. flabelliformis

Illumina; PAM fluorometry

spp-specific

no

Ecophysiology

[170]

 Cymbastela stipitata

Pyrosequencing on DNA and cDNA

No

–

–

[169]

 Haliclona cymaeoformis

Pyrosequencing; metagenomics

Yes

yes

–

[176]

 I. basta

DGGE

No

–

–

[173]

 R. odorabile

RFLP; FISH

Yes

–

–

[236]

 R. odorabile

DGGE and pyrosequencing; DGGE of amoA gene

No

–

–

[167]