Chemical Ecology of Marine Sponges: New Opportunities through “-Omics”

A test of the sponge-loop hypothesis for emergent Caribbean reef sponges

(2018) SE McMurray et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Parallel lives of symbionts and hosts: chemical mutualism in marine animals

(2018) Maho Morita et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Marine natural products

(2018) John W. Blunt et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

A flavin-dependent halogenase from metagenomic analysis prefers bromination over chlorination

(2018) Pia R. Neubauer et al.   PLoS One

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

A test of the sponge-loop hypothesis for emergent Caribbean reef sponges

(2018) SE McMurray et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions

(2018) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   PeerJ

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems

(2018) L. Pita et al.   Microbiome

Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments

(2018) Melany P. Puglisi et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Showcasing the role of seawater in bacteria recruitment and microbiome stability in sponges

(2018) Marta Turon et al.   Scientific Reports

Brasilianoids A–F, New Meroterpenoids From the Sponge-Associated Fungus Penicillium brasilianum

(2018) Jianping Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

The Metabolome of a Cyanobacterial Bloom Visualized by MS/MS-Based Molecular Networking Reveals New Neurotoxic Smenamide Analogs (C, D, and E)

(2018) Christopher W. Via et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Sponges to Be Winners under Near-Future Climate Scenarios

(2018) James J Bell et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Pangenomic comparison of globally distributed Poribacteria associated with sponge hosts and marine particles

(2018) Sheila Podell et al.   ISME Journal

Cultures of the Marine Bacterium Pseudovibrio denitrificans Ab134 Produce Bromotyrosine-Derived Alkaloids Previously Only Isolated from Marine Sponges

(2017) Karen J. Nicacio et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Trophic niche separation that facilitates co-existence of high and low microbial abundance sponges is revealed by in situ study of carbon and nitrogen fluxes

(2017) T. Morganti et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Recovery of Previously Uncultured Bacterial Genera from Three Mediterranean Sponges

(2017) Dennis Versluis et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Marine Sponge Natural Products with Anticancer Potential: An Updated Review

(2017) Cinzia Calcabrini et al.   Marine Drugs

Biogenetic Relationships of Bioactive Sponge Merotriterpenoids

(2017) Thomas Smith   Marine Drugs

Metagenomic discovery of polybrominated diphenyl ether biosynthesis by marine sponges

(2017) Vinayak Agarwal et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

antiSMASH 4.0—improvements in chemistry prediction and gene cluster boundary identification

(2017) Kai Blin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Predicting the HMA-LMA Status in Marine Sponges by Machine Learning

(2017) Lucas Moitinho-Silva et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The sponge microbiome project

(2017) Lucas Moitinho-Silva et al.   GigaScience

Polytheonamide biosynthesis showcasing the metabolic potential of sponge-associated uncultivated ‘Entotheonella’ bacteria

(2016) Michael F Freeman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: Structure Determination and Trends in Antibacterial Activity

(2016) Hongbing Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

(2016) Steven E. McMurray et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Bioprospecting Sponge-Associated Microbes for Antimicrobial Compounds

(2016) Anak Indraningrat et al.   Marine Drugs

Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

(2016) Mingxun Wang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biosynthesis of coral settlement cue tetrabromopyrrole in marine bacteria by a uniquely adapted brominase–thioesterase enzyme pair

(2016) Abrahim El Gamal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Sponge Hologenome

(2016) Nicole S. Webster et al.   mBio

Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

(2016) Torsten Thomas et al.   Nature Communications

Sample Processing Impacts the Viability and Cultivability of the Sponge Microbiome

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

The HMA-LMA Dichotomy Revisited: an Electron Microscopical Survey of 56 Sponge Species

(2016) Volker Gloeckner et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Complexity of Naturally Produced Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Revealed via Mass Spectrometry

(2015) Vinayak Agarwal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Shifts in sponge-microbe mutualisms across an experimental irradiance gradient

(2015) CJ Freeman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Metabolic and evolutionary origin of actin-binding polyketides from diverse organisms

(2015) Reiko Ueoka et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster

(2015) Marnix H Medema et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Computational approaches to natural product discovery

(2015) Marnix H Medema et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Reinvigorating natural product combinatorial biosynthesis with synthetic biology

(2015) Eunji Kim et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Transcriptional activity of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta Holobiont: molecular evidence for metabolic interchange

(2015) Cara L. Fiore et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Shifts in sponge-microbe mutualisms across an experimental irradiance gradient

(2015) CJ Freeman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments

(2014) Melany P. Puglisi et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

(2014) Micheal C. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Biosynthesis of polybrominated aromatic organic compounds by marine bacteria

(2014) Vinayak Agarwal et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Calyculin biogenesis from a pyrophosphate protoxin produced by a sponge symbiont

(2014) Toshiyuki Wakimoto et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Phylogenetic signal in the community structure of host-specific microbiomes of tropical marine sponges

(2014) Cole G. Easson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Temporal changes in the diazotrophic bacterial communities associated with Caribbean sponges Ircinia stroblina and Mycale laxissima

(2014) Fan Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metabolic diversity and niche structure in sponges from the Miskito Cays, Honduras

(2014) Christopher J. Freeman et al.   PeerJ

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

(2013) James J. Bell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quality or quantity: is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance?

(2013) Christopher J Freeman et al.   ISME Journal

Smenamides A and B, Chlorinated Peptide/Polyketide Hybrids Containing a Dolapyrrolidinone Unit from the Caribbean Sponge Smenospongia aurea. Evaluation of Their Role as Leads in Antitumor Drug Research

(2013) Roberta Teta et al.   Marine Drugs

Meroterpenes from Marine Invertebrates: Structures, Occurrence, and Ecological Implications

(2013) Marialuisa Menna et al.   Marine Drugs

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

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

Lessons from the Past and Charting the Future of Marine Natural Products Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology

(2012) William H. Gerwick et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Origin and Variation of Tunicate Secondary Metabolites

(2012) Eric W. Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)

(2012) Rob W. M. Van Soest 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

Metagenome Mining Reveals Polytheonamides as Posttranslationally Modified Ribosomal Peptides

(2012) M. F. Freeman et al.   SCIENCE

The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Reefs: Natural Products Shape Natural Systems

(2011) Joseph R. Pawlik   BIOSCIENCE

New Austalides from the Sponge-Associated Fungus Aspergillus sp.

(2011) Yaming Zhou et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Complex interactions between marine sponges and their symbiotic microbial communities

(2011) Christopher J. Freeman et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Overview of the Chemical Ecology of Benthic Marine Invertebrates along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

(2010) J. B. McClintock et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

In situ fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from the sponge community on Conch Reef, Key Largo, Florida

(2010) Melissa W. Southwell et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments

(2010) Valerie J. Paul et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Complex nitrogen cycling in the spongeGeodia barretti

(2009) Friederike Hoffmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

NMR Strategy for Unraveling Structures of Bioactive Sponge-Derived Oxy-polyhalogenated Diphenyl Ethers⊥

(2009) Laurent Calcul et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Marine Chemical Ecology: Chemical Signals and Cues Structure Marine Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems

(2008) Mark E. Hay   Annual Review of Marine Science

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Biosynthetic origin of natural products isolated from marine microorganism-invertebrate assemblages

(2008) T. L. Simmons et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA