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Unique Polyhalogenated Peptides from the Marine Sponge Ircinia sp. [PDF]

Marine Drugs, 2020
Two new bromopyrrole peptides, haloirciniamide A (1) and seribunamide A (2), have been isolated from an Indonesian marine sponge of the genus Ircinia collected in the Thousand Islands (Indonesia).
Rogelio Fernández, Asep Bayu, Tri Aryono Hadi, Santiago Bueno, Marta Pérez, Carmen Cuevas, Masteria Yunovilsa Putra   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Phylogenetically and spatially close marine sponges harbour divergent bacterial communities. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Recent studies have unravelled the diversity of sponge-associated bacteria that may play essential roles in sponge health and metabolism. Nevertheless, our understanding of this microbiota remains limited to a few host species found in restricted ...
Cristiane C P Hardoim, Ana I S Esteves, Francisco R Pires, Jorge M S Gonçalves, Cymon J Cox, Joana R Xavier, Rodrigo Costa   +6 more
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New Scalarane Sesterterpenoids from the Formosan Sponge Ircinia felix [PDF]

Marine Drugs, 2015
Five new scalarane sesterterpenoids, felixins A–E (1–5), were isolated from the Formosan sponge Ircinia felix. The structures of scalaranes 1–5 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.
Ya-Yuan Lai, Mei-Chin Lu, Li-Hsueh Wang, Jih-Jung Chen, Lee-Shing Fang, Yang-Chang Wu, Ping-Jyun Sung   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Competition for waterborne food resources among tropical shallow-water sponges. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract A recurrent theme in marine ecology is that the community dynamics of sessile, suspension‐feeding animals is primarily limited by the availability of space, but in some habitats, filtration by these organisms may locally deplete water column resources, setting the stage for exploitative competition for food.
Butler MJ, McMurray SE, Pawlik JR.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Collagenic architecture and morphotraits in a marine basal metazoan as a model for bioinspired applied research. [PDF]

J Morphol, 2022
A prototype of connective system, almost exclusively based on collagenic networks, is zoomed in the model sponge Ircinia retidermata (Porifera: Keratosa). We focused on topographic distribution, spatial layout, microtraits, and/or morphogenesis of these collagenic structures. Ectosome and outer endosome are the active fibrogenetic areas where exogenous
Manconi R, Cubeddu T, Pronzato R, Sanna MA, Nieddu G, Gaino E, Stocchino GA.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Uncovering the Potent Antiviral Activity of the Sesterterpenoids from the Sponge Ircinia Felix Against Human Adenoviruses: from the Natural Source to the Total Synthesis. [PDF]

Chemistry
Isolation, structure elucidation, biological activity, and total synthesis of ircinialactam J, a novel sesterterpene lactam produced by the sponge Ircinia felix, is presented. Ircinialactam J displays a significant antiviral activity against Human Adenoviruses (11 times more active than cidofovir®) without cytotoxicity.
Ruiz-Molina A, Pech-Puch D, Millán RE, Ageitos L, Villegas-Hernández H, Pachón J, Pérez Sestelo J, Sánchez-Céspedes J, Rodríguez J, Jiménez C.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A peculiar coral formation in the Mediterranean Sea, and its associated biota. [PDF]

Ecology
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 6, June 2025.
Arrigoni R, Desiderà E, Bava S, Morri C, Bianchi CN, Guidetti P.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

CO I barcoding reveals new clades and radiation patterns of Indo-Pacific sponges of the family Irciniidae (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
DNA barcoding is a promising tool to facilitate a rapid and unambiguous identification of sponge species. Demosponges of the order Dictyoceratida are particularly challenging to identify, but are of ecological as well as biochemical importance.Here we ...
Judith Pöppe, Patricia Sutcliffe, John N A Hooper, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomics

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 12, Page 3207-3224, December 2023., 2023
The sponge microbiome is hypothesised to carry out a range of metabolic functions that improve the fitness of the host. Our study tested whether these metabolic functions were active across three different sponge species by analysing the gene‐expression of their symbionts.
Paul A. O'Brien, Shangjin Tan, Pedro R. Frade, Steven J. Robbins, J. Pamela Engelberts, Sara C. Bell, Inka Vanwonterghem, David J. Miller, Nicole S. Webster, Guojie Zhang, David G. Bourne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

NAMBER: A biotic index for assessing the ecological quality of mesophotic biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 298-311, March 2023., 2023
Abstract The aim of the present study was to propose a biotic index (North Adriatic Mesophotic BiogEnic Reefs, NAMBER) suitable for assessing the ecological quality of the mesophotic biogenic reefs of the northern Adriatic continental shelf based on photographic sampling.
Luigi Piazzi, Eva Turicchia, Fabio Rindi, Annalisa Falace, Paola Gennaro, Marco Abbiati, Vinko Bandelj, Barbara Calcinai, Saul Ciriaco, Federica Costantini, Fabrizio Gianni, Sara Kaleb, Stefania Puce, Massimo Ponti   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source