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Originally Posted by Venetia  Steve, I'm sure that you know this: Bacteria From Sponges Make New Pharmaceuticals 
Over half of the bodyweight of living sea sponges -- like this Caribbean pink sponge -- is made up of the many different bacteria that live inside them. (Credit: iStockphoto/Cornelis Opstal) |
I may be aware of this article and many like it Venetia but not everyone is so thanks for posting it, Science uses the term symbiosis when describing the sponge's "associated organisms" but in my opinion these organisms that are found living inside sponges are actually products of the sponge, replicas, imitations, knock-offs, however you want to put it. Here is a good one
SPONGE’S SECRET WEAPON RESTORES ANTIBIOTICS’ POWER
I believe that the sponge possesses a chemical that can control antibiotic resistant bacteria because those bacteria are actually products of the sponge, interesting too that antibiotic resistant bacteria are of the "slime producing" type, get it slime=sponge, sure it sounds radical but it all adds up.