Covering: through 2014 Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …

Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) often contain dense and diverse microbial communities,
which can constitute up to 35% of the sponge biomass. The genome of one sponge …

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are early-diverging metazoa renowned for establishing complex
microbial symbioses. Here we present a global Porifera microbiome survey, set out to …

Covering: 2008 to 2012Since the last comprehensive review by Otto Sticher on natural
product isolation in NPR (O. Sticher, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, 25, 517), a plethora of new …

All animals on Earth form associations with microorganisms, including protists, bacteria,
archaea, fungi, and viruses. In the ocean, animal–microbial relationships were historically …

Coral reefs across the world have been seriously degraded and have a bleak future in
response to predicted global warming and ocean acidification (OA). However, this is not the …

Actinomycetes have been proven to be an excellent source of secondary metabolites for
more than half a century. Exhibiting various bioactivities, they provide valuable approved …

The study of complex microbial communities poses unique conceptual and analytical
challenges, with microbial species potentially numbering in the thousands. With transient or …

Understanding the strategies that the roots of hyperaccumulating plants use to extract heavy
metals from soils is important for optimizing phytoremediation. The rhizosphere …

Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are rapidly rising causing an increase in the partial
pressure of CO2 (p CO2) in the ocean and a reduction in pH known as ocean acidification …