Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges

Significance Coral reefs are highly productive ecosystems that raise a conundrum called “Darwin’s paradox”: How can high production flourish in low-nutrient conditions? We show here that in three abundant Caribbean sponges, the granules that have been commonly observed in sponge tissue for decades a...

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