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8. High-speed, acousto-optically addressed optical memory

Author

Sharp, J.H., Budgett, D.M., Chatwin, C.R., and Scott, B.F.

Subjects
Erasable optical disk drives -- Research, Optical data processing -- Research, Laser recording -- Research, Astronomy, Physics
Abstract

A page-oriented, angle-multiplexed volume holographic optical-memory recording system has been constructed. This memory is addressed by the use of an acousto-optic deflector with a random-access time of 16 [[micro]seconds] per page. This enables data transfer rates of 5.28 Gbits/s when pages of binary data are being stored. The reconstruction quality of images stored as memory pages is assessed with the quality achieved with the acousto-optic device compared with that achieved with the original recording optics.

Published
1996

29. Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

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Ribes, Marta, Jiménez, Eroteida, Yahel, G., López-Sendino, P., Díez, Beatriz, Massana, Ramon, Sharp, J.H., and Coma, Rafael

Abstract

16 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, Most marine sponges establish a persistent association with a wide array of phylogenetically and physiologically diverse microbes. To date, the role of these symbiotic microbial communities in the metabolism and nutrient cycles of the sponge-microbe consortium remains largely unknown. We identified and quantified the microbial communities associated with three common Mediterranean sponge species, Dysidea avara, Agelas oroides and Chondrosia reniformis (Demospongiae) that cohabitate coralligenous community. For each sponge we quantified the uptake and release of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON), inorganic nitrogen and phosphate. Low microbial abundance and no evidence for DOC uptake or nitrification were found for D. avara. In contrast A. oroides and C. reniformis showed high microbial abundance (30% and 70% of their tissue occupied by microbes respectively) and both species exhibited high nitrification and high DOC and NH4+ uptake. Surprisingly, these unique metabolic pathways were mediated in each sponge species by a different, and host specific, microbial community. The functional convergence of microbial consortia found in these two sympatric sponge species, suggest that these metabolic processes may be of special relevance to the success of the holobiont, The study was funded by the Spanish ‘Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación’ through Grants CGL2010-18466 CGL2007-66757-C02-01/BOSand CTM2006-01463. This is a contribution from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Global Change research group, funded by the ‘Generalitat de Catalunya’ (Catalan Government) through Grant 2009SGR142

Published
2012

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