The second skin: ecological role of epibiotic biofilms on marine organisms

M Wahl, F Goecke, A Labes, S Dobretsov… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
In the aquatic environment, biofilms on solid surfaces are omnipresent. The outer body
surface of marine organisms often represents a highly active interface between host and …

Mini-review: Inhibition of biofouling by marine microorganisms

S Dobretsov, RMM Abed, M Teplitski - Biofouling, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Any natural or artificial substratum exposed to seawater is quickly fouled by marine
microorganisms and later by macrofouling species. Microfouling organisms on the surface of …

Production and biotechnological potential of extracellular polymeric substances from sponge-associated Antarctic bacteria

C Caruso, C Rizzo, S Mangano, A Poli… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Four sponge-associated Antarctic bacteria (ie, Winogradskyella sp. strains CAL384 and
CAL396, Colwellia sp. strain GW185, and Shewanella sp. strain CAL606) were selected for …

Antagonistic interactions among coral‐associated bacteria

KL Rypien, JR Ward, F Azam - Environmental Microbiology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals are comprised of close associations between the coral animal,
symbiotic zooxanthellae, and a diversity of associated microbes (including Bacteria …

The art of adapting to extreme environments: the model system Pseudoalteromonas

E Parrilli, P Tedesco, M Fondi, ML Tutino… - Physics of Life …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extremophilic microbes have adapted to thrive in ecological niches characterized by harsh
chemical/physical conditions such as, for example, very low/high temperature. Living …

Marine actinobacteria associated with marine organisms and their potentials in producing pharmaceutical natural products

K Valliappan, W Sun, Z Li - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2014 - Springer
Actinobacteria are ubiquitous in the marine environment, playing an important ecological
role in the recycling of refractory biomaterials and producing novel natural products with …

Ecology of cold environments: new insights of bacterial metabolic adaptation through an integrated genomic-phenomic approach

S Mocali, C Chiellini, A Fabiani, S Decuzzi… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Cold environments dominate Earth's biosphere, hosting complex microbial communities with
the ability to thrive at low temperatures. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms and …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic diversity and biological activity of culturable Actinobacteria isolated from freshwater fish gut microbiota

M Jami, M Ghanbari, W Kneifel, KJ Domig - Microbiological research, 2015 - Elsevier
The diversity of Actinobacteria isolated from the gut microbiota of two freshwater fish species
namely Schizothorax zarudnyi and Schizocypris altidorsalis was investigated employing …

Antagonism influences assembly of a Bacillus guild in a local community and is depicted as a food-chain network

RA Pérez-Gutiérrez, V López-Ramírez, A Islas… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the principles that govern community assemblages is a central goal of
ecology. There is limited experimental evidence in natural settings showing that microbial …

Sponge-associated microbial Antarctic communities exhibiting antimicrobial activity against Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria

MC Papaleo, M Fondi, I Maida, E Perrin… - Biotechnology …, 2012 - Elsevier
The aerobic heterotrophic bacterial communities isolated from three different Antarctic
sponge species were analyzed for their ability to produce antimicrobial compounds active …