Host senescence and urbanized conditions drive bacterial communities of the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris
Chloen Lhomme, Benoît Paix, Nicole Joy de Voogd
The paper examines how host senescence and urbanized environmental conditions shape the bacterial microbiome of the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris.
bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology