Sponge-associated microorganisms: evolution, ecology, and biotechnological potential

MW Taylor, R Radax, D Steger… - … and molecular biology …, 2007 - journals.asm.org
Marine sponges often contain diverse and abundant microbial communities, including
bacteria, archaea, microalgae, and fungi. In some cases, these microbial associates …

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

NS Webster, MW Taylor - Environmental microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Many marine sponges harbour dense and diverse microbial communities of considerable
ecological and biotechnological importance. While the past decade has seen tremendous …

The functional roles of marine sponges

JJ Bell - Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 2008 - Elsevier
Despite the wide range of functional roles performed by marine sponges they are still poorly
represented in many research, monitoring and conservation programmes. The aim of this …

Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage

A Buchan, JM González, MA Moran - Applied and environmental …, 2005 - journals.asm.org
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[HTML][HTML] Marine drugs from sponge-microbe association—A review

TRA Thomas, DP Kavlekar, PA LokaBharathi - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
The subject of this review is the biodiversity of marine sponges and associated microbes
which have been reported to produce therapeutically important compounds, along with the …

Marine sponges as microbial fermenters

U Hentschel, KM Usher… - FEMS microbiology …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The discovery of phylogenetically complex, yet highly sponge-specific microbial
communities in marine sponges, including novel lineages and even candidate phyla, came …

Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

J Piel - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B703499G
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Evolutionary ecology of the marine Roseobacter clade

H Luo, MA Moran - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2014 - journals.asm.org
Members of the Roseobacter clade are equipped with a tremendous diversity of metabolic
capabilities, which in part explains their success in so many different marine habitats. Ideas …

Deep sequencing reveals exceptional diversity and modes of transmission for bacterial sponge symbionts

NS Webster, MW Taylor, F Behnam… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Marine sponges contain complex bacterial communities of considerable ecological and
biotechnological importance, with many of these organisms postulated to be specific to …

Pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse and species-specific microbial communities in sponges from the Red Sea

OO Lee, Y Wang, J Yang, FF Lafi… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Marine sponges are associated with a remarkable array of microorganisms. Using a tag
pyrosequencing technology, this study was the first to investigate in depth the microbial …