The microbial rare biosphere: current concepts, methods and ecological principles

F Pascoal, R Costa, C Magalhães - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Our ability to describe the highly diverse pool of low abundance populations present in
natural microbial communities is increasing at an unprecedented pace. Yet we currently lack …

Ecological and biotechnological importance of secondary metabolites produced by coral‐associated bacteria

F Modolon, AR Barno, HDM Villela… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Symbiotic relationships between corals and their associated micro‐organisms are essential
to maintain host homeostasis. Coral‐associated bacteria (CAB) can have different beneficial …

Characterization of a sponge microbiome using an integrative genome-centric approach

JP Engelberts, SJ Robbins, JM de Goeij… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Marine sponges often host diverse and species-specific communities of microorganisms that
are critical for host health. Previous functional genomic investigations of the sponge …

Particle-attached bacteria act as gatekeepers in the decomposition of complex phytoplankton polysaccharides

FQ Wang, D Bartosik, C Sidhu, R Siebers, DC Lu… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Marine microalgae (phytoplankton) mediate almost half of the worldwide
photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation and therefore play a pivotal role in global carbon …

Comparative genomic analysis of Flavobacteriaceae: insights into carbohydrate metabolism, gliding motility and secondary metabolite biosynthesis

A Gavriilidou, J Gutleben, D Versluis, F Forgiarini… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Members of the bacterial family Flavobacteriaceae are widely distributed in the
marine environment and often found associated with algae, fish, detritus or marine …

Metagenomic insights into the taxonomy, function, and dysbiosis of prokaryotic communities in octocorals

T Keller-Costa, A Lago-Lestón, JP Saraiva, R Toscan… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In octocorals (Cnidaria Octocorallia), the functional relationship
between host health and its symbiotic consortium has yet to be determined. Here, we …

Insights into the cultured bacterial fraction of corals

M Sweet, H Villela, T Keller-Costa, R Costa… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria associated with coral hosts are diverse and abundant, with recent studies
suggesting involvement of these symbionts in host resilience to anthropogenic stress …

Reaching unreachables: Obstacles and successes of microbial cultivation and their reasons

G Kapinusova, MA Lopez Marin, O Uhlik - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In terms of the number and diversity of living units, the prokaryotic empire is the most
represented form of life on Earth, and yet it is still to a significant degree shrouded in …

Functional metagenomics reveals differential chitin degradation and utilization features across free-living and host-associated marine microbiomes

I Raimundo, R Silva, L Meunier, SM Valente… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Chitin ranks as the most abundant polysaccharide in the oceans yet knowledge
of shifts in structure and diversity of chitin-degrading communities across marine niches is …

Marine sponge-derived natural products: trends and opportunities for the decade of 2011-2020

MF Mehbub, Q Yang, Y Cheng, CMM Franco… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of natural products derived from marine sources has demonstrated a
consistent upward trajectory for the decade of 2011-2020, holding significant promise for the …