Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivatable Alphaproteobacteria

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Single-bacterial genomics validates rich and varied specialized metabolism of uncultivatedEntotheonellasponge symbionts

(2018) Tetsushi Mori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Immuno-Modulatory and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dihydrogracilin A, a Terpene Derived from the Marine Sponge Dendrilla membranosa

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(2017) Beate M Slaby et al.   ISME Journal

Recovery of Previously Uncultured Bacterial Genera from Three Mediterranean Sponges

(2017) Dennis Versluis et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Expression of eukaryotic-like protein in the microbiome of sponges

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Insights into the lifestyle of uncultured bacterial natural product factories associated with marine sponges

(2017) Gerald Lackner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sponge-associated bacteria mineralize arsenic and barium on intracellular vesicles

(2017) Ray Keren et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale differences in microbial biodiversity discovery between 16S amplicon and shotgun sequencing

(2017) Michael Tessler et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative Metagenomics Reveals the Distinctive Adaptive Features of the Spongia officinalis Endosymbiotic Consortium

(2017) Elham Karimi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters in the Pseudovibrio Genus Reveals Encouraging Biosynthetic Potential toward the Production of Novel Bioactive Compounds

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MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution and function of eukaryotic-like proteins from sponge symbionts

(2016) David Reynolds et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

EDGAR 2.0: an enhanced software platform for comparative gene content analyses

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The Sponge Hologenome

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Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

(2016) Torsten Thomas et al.   Nature Communications

MEGAN Community Edition - Interactive Exploration and Analysis of Large-Scale Microbiome Sequencing Data

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Sample Processing Impacts the Viability and Cultivability of the Sponge Microbiome

(2016) Ana I. S. Esteves et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Vitamin B1 and B12 Required by the Marine Dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum Can be Provided by its Associated Bacterial Community in Culture

(2016) Ricardo Cruz-López et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacteriocins: Not Only Antibacterial Agents

(2016) Djamel Drider et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Comparing Apples and Oranges?: Next Generation Sequencing and Its Impact on Microbiome Analysis

(2016) Adam G. Clooney et al.   PLoS One

CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes

(2015) Donovan H. Parks et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

antiSMASH 3.0—a comprehensive resource for the genome mining of biosynthetic gene clusters

(2015) Tilmann Weber et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

STAMP: statistical analysis of taxonomic and functional profiles

(2014) Donovan H. Parks et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Genomic analysis reveals versatile heterotrophic capacity of a potentially symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium in sponge

(2014) Ren-Mao Tian et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Host-specific microbial communities in three sympatric North Sea sponges

(2014) Mohd Azrul Naim et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Towards a taxonomic coherence between average nucleotide identity and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity for species demarcation of prokaryotes

(2014) M. Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Application of Diffusion Growth Chambers for the Cultivation of Marine Sponge-Associated Bacteria

(2014) Georg Steinert et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Marine Pseudovibrio sp. as a Novel Source of Antimicrobials

(2014) Susan Crowley et al.   Marine Drugs

Microbial Communities and Bioactive Compounds in Marine Sponges of the Family Irciniidae—A Review

(2014) Cristiane Hardoim et al.   Marine Drugs

Evolutionary Ecology of the Marine Roseobacter Clade

(2014) Haiwei Luo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Temporal dynamics of prokaryotic communities in the marine spongeSarcotragus spinosulus

(2014) Cristiane C. P. Hardoim et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

(2014) Micheal C. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Integration of Culture-Based and Molecular Analysis of a Complex Sponge-Associated Bacterial Community

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Cell Turnover and Detritus Production in Marine Sponges from Tropical and Temperate Benthic Ecosystems

(2014) Brittany E. Alexander et al.   PLoS One

Effects of sample handling and cultivation bias on the specificity of bacterial communities in keratose marine sponges

(2014) Cristiane C. P. Hardoim et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mechanisms and regulation of surface interactions and biofilm formation in Agrobacterium

(2014) Jason E. Heindl et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microbial genomic taxonomy

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The genusPseudovibriocontains metabolically versatile bacteria adapted for symbiosis

(2013) Vladimir Bondarev et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular richness and biotechnological potential of bacteria cultured from Irciniidae sponges in the north-east Atlantic

(2013) Ana I.S. Esteves et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Habitat- and host-related variation in sponge bacterial symbiont communities in Indonesian waters

(2013) Daniel F.R. Cleary et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Antimicrobial Activity of Heterotrophic Bacterial Communities from the Marine Sponge Erylus discophorus (Astrophorida, Geodiidae)

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Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs

(2013) Jasper M. de Goeij et al.   SCIENCE

Contribution of reactive oxygen species to UV-B-induced damage in bacteria

(2012) Ana L. Santos et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Evidence for Selective Bacterial Community Structuring in the Freshwater Sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis

(2012) Rodrigo Costa et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A complex LuxR-LuxI type quorum sensing network in a roseobacterial marine sponge symbiont activates flagellar motility and inhibits biofilm formation

(2012) Jindong Zan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

(2012) Ute Hentschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetically and Spatially Close Marine Sponges Harbour Divergent Bacterial Communities

(2012) Cristiane C. P. Hardoim et al.   PLoS One

Functional equivalence and evolutionary convergence in complex communities of microbial sponge symbionts

(2012) L. Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Approaches To Enhance the Cultivability of Bacteria Associated with the Marine SpongeHaliclona(gellius) sp.

(2011) Detmer Sipkema et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

WebMGA: a customizable web server for fast metagenomic sequence analysis

(2011) Sitao Wu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Sponge-specific clusters revisited: a comprehensive phylogeny of sponge-associated microorganisms

(2011) Rachel L. Simister et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and antimicrobial activity of Pseudovibrio spp. from Irish marine sponges

(2011) J.A. O’ Halloran et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Bioactive Terpenes fromSpongia officinalis

(2011) Emiliano Manzo et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Novel Antibacterial Proteins from the Microbial Communities Associated with the SpongeCymbastela concentricaand the Green AlgaUlva australis

(2010) Pui Yi Yung et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional genomic signatures of sponge bacteria reveal unique and shared features of symbiosis

(2010) Torsten Thomas et al.   ISME Journal

Survival of Escherichia coli in the environment: fundamental and public health aspects

(2010) Jan Dirk van Elsas et al.   ISME Journal

Bioactive Sesterterpenes and Triterpenes from Marine Sponges: Occurrence and Pharmacological Significance

(2010) Sherif S. Ebada et al.   Marine Drugs

Effect of gelling agent on colony formation in solid cultivation of microbial community in lake sediment

(2009) Hideyuki Tamaki et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial diversity associated with algae, ascidians and sponges from the north coast of São Paulo state, Brazil

(2009) Cláudia B.A. Menezes et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

The metagenomics RAST server – a public resource for the automatic phylogenetic and functional analysis of metagenomes

(2008) F Meyer et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

(2008) Ramy K Aziz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

(2008) Jörn Piel   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS