Bacterial secondary metabolite biosynthetic potential in soil varies with phylum, depth, and vegetation type

AM Sharrar, A Crits-Christoph, R Méheust, S Diamond… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria isolated from soils are major sources of specialized metabolites, including
antibiotics and other compounds with clinical value that likely shape interactions among …

A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges

SJ Robbins, W Song, JP Engelberts, B Glasl… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sponges underpin the productivity of coral reefs, yet few of their microbial symbionts have
been functionally characterised. Here we present an analysis of~ 1200 metagenome …

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 …

The biotechnological potential of the Chloroflexota phylum

A Freches, JC Fradinho - Applied and Environmental …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the next decades, the increasing material and energetic demand to support population
growth and higher standards of living will amplify the current pressures on ecosystems and …

Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses

L Rix, M Ribes, R Coma, MT Jahn, JM de Goeij… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Sponges are the oldest known extant animal-microbe symbiosis. These ubiquitous benthic
animals play an important role in marine ecosystems in the cycling of dissolved organic …

Transmission of the sponge microbiome: moving towards a unified model

BFR de Oliveira, J Freitas‐Silva… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sponges have co‐evolved for millions of years alongside several types of microorganisms,
which aside from participating in the animal's diet, are mostly symbionts. Since most of the …

Pyrite-enhanced sludge digestion via stimulation of direct interspecies electron transfer between syntrophic propionate-and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and …

P Jiao, X Zhang, S Qiu, X Zhou, Z Tian, Y Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The supplementation of conductive materials (CMs) is a promising strategy to improve the
methane (CH 4) yield from anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge. However, most CMs …

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 …

Discovery of an abundance of biosynthetic gene clusters in shark bay microbial mats

R Chen, HL Wong, GS Kindler, FI MacLeod… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microbial mats are geobiological multilayered ecosystems that have significant evolutionary
value in understanding the evolution of early life on Earth. Shark Bay, Australia has some of …

Cophylogeny and convergence shape holobiont evolution in sponge–microbe symbioses

M Sabrina Pankey, DC Plachetzki… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Symbiotic microbial communities of sponges serve critical functions that have shaped the
evolution of reef ecosystems since their origins. Symbiont abundance varies tremendously …