Current research on the prokaryotic low abundance taxa, the prokaryotic rare biosphere, is
growing, leading to a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying organismal rarity …

Alginate oligosaccharides (AlgO), agarose oligosaccharides (AO), and κ-carrageenan
oligosaccharides (KCO) were obtained by specific enzymatic hydrolysis method. The …

Freshwater sponges (Spongillida: Demospongiae), including more than 240 described
species, are globally distributed in continental waters (except for Antarctica), where they …

Sponges are primitive metazoans that are known to harbour diverse and abundant
microbes. All over the world attempts are being made to exploit these microbes for their …

Scope Exhaustive exercise stress has emerged as an important health issue, and
gastrointestinal problems are a common concern during intense exercise. In this study, we …

The development of cold-active biofertilizers and biopesticides could help improve
sustainable agriculture in mountainous regions. With this aim, both psychrophilic and …

Axenic gametes of the marine green macroalga Ulva mutabilis Føyn (Ria Formosa, locus
typicus) exhibit abnormal development into slow-growing callus-like colonies with aberrant …

The microbiome of freshwater sponges is rarely studied, and not a single novel bacterial
species has been isolated and subsequently characterized from a freshwater sponge to …

The disease of freshwater sponges was first discovered in 2011, when pink samples were
found in the Central Basin of Lake Baikal. Subsequently, the visible signs of the disease …

As wild fish stocks decline worldwide, land-based fish rearing is likely to be of increasing
relevance to feeding future human generations. Little is known about the structure and role …