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 …

The vast majority of microbial species remain uncultivated and, until recently, about half of
all known bacterial phyla were identified only from their 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence …

Abstract PHASTER (PHAge Search Tool–Enhanced Release) is a significant upgrade to the
popular PHAST web server for the rapid identification and annotation of prophage …

Viruses of microbes impact all ecosystems where microbes drive key energy and substrate
transformations including the oceans, humans and industrial fermenters. However, despite …

The ecological importance of viruses is now widely recognized, yet our limited knowledge of
viral sequence space and virus–host interactions precludes accurate prediction of their roles …

Abstract The SRA (Sequence Read Archive) serves as primary depository for massive
amounts of Next Generation Sequencing data and currently host over 100,000 16S rRNA …

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 …

Marine sponges often host diverse and species-specific communities of microorganisms that
are critical for host health. Previous functional genomic investigations of the sponge …

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 …

The dichotomy between high microbial abundance (HMA) and low microbial abundance
(LMA) sponges has been long recognized. In the present study, 56 sponge species from …