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 …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the serious global public health threats that require
immediate action. With the emergence of new resistance mechanisms in infection-causing …

Marine sponges are ancient metazoans that are populated by distinct and highly diverse
microbial communities. In order to obtain deeper insights into the functional gene repertoire …

Phages are increasingly recognized as important members of host-associated microbiomes,
with a vast genomic diversity. The new frontier is to understand how phages may affect …

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 …

Deep sea cold seep sediments have been discovered to harbor novel, abundant, and
diverse bacterial and archaeal viruses. However, little is known about viral genetic features …

Members of the widespread bacterial phylum Chloroflexi can dominate high-microbial-
abundance (HMA) sponge microbiomes. In the Sponge Microbiome Project, Chloroflexi …

Steroids are abundant growth substrates for bacteria in natural, engineered, and host-
associated environments. This study analyzed the distribution of the aerobic 9, 10-seco …

Microbial communities in the world ocean are affected strongly by oceanic circulation,
creating characteristic marine biomes. The high connectivity of most of the ocean makes it …

Microbes perform critical functions in corals, yet most knowledge is derived from the photic
zone. Here, we discover two mollicutes that dominate the microbiome of the deep-sea …