Phage-induced disturbance of a marine sponge microbiome [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeBackground Bacteriophages are known modulators of community composition and activity in environmental and host-associated microbiomes. However, the impact single phages have on bacterial community dynamics under viral predation, the extent and duration ...
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Sample processing impacts the viability and cultivability of the sponge microbiome [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Sponges host complex microbial communities of recognized ecological and biotechnological importance. Extensive cultivation efforts have been made to isolate sponge bacteria, but most still elude cultivation.
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Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 This study presents a large-scale analysis of microbial diversity in deep-sea sponges. They show that sponge microbial abundance status, geographic distance, sponge phylogeny and the physical-biogeochemical environment drive microbiome composition, in ...
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Multi-Omic Profiling of Melophlus Sponges Reveals Diverse Metabolomic and Microbiome Architectures that Are Non-overlapping with Ecological Neighbors [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 Marine sponge holobionts, defined as filter-feeding sponge hosts together with their associated microbiomes, are prolific sources of natural products. The inventory of natural products that have been isolated from marine sponges is extensive. Here, using
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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 ...
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The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems [PDF]
Microbiome, 2018 The recognition that all macroorganisms live in symbiotic association with microbial communities has opened up a new field in biology. Animals, plants, and algae are now considered holobionts, complex ecosystems consisting of the host, the microbiota ...
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Genome-scale metabolic modelling reveals interactions and key roles of symbiont clades in a sponge holobiont [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSponges harbour complex microbiomes and as ancient metazoans and important ecosystem players are emerging as powerful models to understand the evolution and ecology of symbiotic interactions.
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Comparative Analysis of Sponge-Associated, Seawater, and Sediment Microbial Communities from Site F Cold Seep in the South China Sea [PDF]
MicroorganismsMicrobial communities at Site F cold seep, ubiquitous in both the environment and the associated fauna, demonstrate clear habitat-specific partitioning. Metagenomic sequencing and binning demonstrated a striking partitioning of microbial taxa at the cold
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Changes in microbiome composition during ontogeny and dispersal of the coral boring sponge Thoosa mismalolli [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDispersal is an important life history trait that plays a key role in the demography and evolution of species. We employed a combined approach of DNA sequencing and transmission electron microscopy to examine the changes in the microbiome during the ...
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mSystems, 2021 Marine sponge holobionts are prolific sources of natural products. One of the most geographically widespread classes of sponge-derived natural products is the bromotyrosine alkaloids.
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