Assessing the strength and sensitivity of the core microbiota approach on a highly diverse sponge reef

Host-Microbe Coevolution: Applying Evidence from Model Systems to Complex Marine Invertebrate Holobionts

(2019) Paul A. O’Brien et al.   mBio

Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop

(2018) L Rix et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

First Record of Microbiomes of Sponges Collected From the Persian Gulf, Using Tag Pyrosequencing

(2018) Akram Najafi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop

(2018) L Rix et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

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

(2018) L. Pita et al.   Microbiome

Bifidobacterium pseudolongum in the Ceca of Rats Fed Hi-Maize Starch Has Characteristics of a Keystone Species in Bifidobacterial Blooms

(2018) Manuela Centanni et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere

(2018) Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda et al.   mBio

Evaluating the core microbiota in complex communities: A systematic investigation

(2017) Carmen Astudillo-García et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogeny and genomics of SAUL, an enigmatic bacterial lineage frequently associated with marine sponges

(2017) Carmen Astudillo-García et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Redefining the sponge-symbiont acquisition paradigm: sponge microbes exhibit chemotaxis towards host-derived compounds

(2017) Jessica Tout et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Host-specific assembly of sponge-associated prokaryotes at high taxonomic ranks

(2017) Georg Steinert et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

High-throughput sequencing reveals the core gut microbiome of Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) in different wintering areas in Tibet

(2016) Wen Wang et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparison of the gut microbiomes of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species

(2015) CE Givens et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ecology and exploration of the rare biosphere

(2015) Michael D. J. Lynch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial responses to changes in flow status in temporary headwater streams: a cross-system comparison

(2015) Catherine M. Febria et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparison of the gut microbiomes of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species

(2015) CE Givens et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Influence of environmental variation on symbiotic bacterial communities of two temperate sponges

(2014) César A. Cárdenas et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Host-specificity among abundant and rare taxa in the sponge microbiome

(2014) Julie Reveillaud et al.   ISME Journal

Temporal dynamics of prokaryotic communities in the marine spongeSarcotragus spinosulus

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

Demonstrating microbial co-occurrence pattern analyses within and between ecosystems

(2014) Ryan J. Williams et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Specificity and temporal dynamics of complex bacteria–sponge symbiotic interactions

(2013) Johannes R. Björk et al.   ECOLOGY

Removing environmental sources of variation to gain insight on symbionts vs. transient microbes in high and low microbial abundance sponges

(2013) Andrea Blanquer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sub-dominant bacteria as keystone species in microbial communities producing bio-hydrogen

(2013) Yan Rafrafi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Biogeography and Host Fidelity of Bacterial Communities in Ircinia spp. from the Bahamas

(2013) Lucía Pita et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Specificity and transcriptional activity of microbiota associated with low and high microbial abundance sponges from the Red Sea

(2013) Lucas Moitinho-Silva et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

Relationships between Host Phylogeny, Host Type and Bacterial Community Diversity in Cold-Water Coral Reef Sponges

(2013) Sandra Schöttner et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Same, same but different: symbiotic bacterial associations in GBR sponges

(2013) N. S. Webster et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Stability of Sponge-Associated Bacteria over Large Seasonal Shifts in Temperature and Irradiance

(2012) Patrick M. Erwin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Thermal stress responses in the bacterial biosphere of the Great Barrier Reef sponge,Rhopaloeides odorabile

(2012) Rachel Simister et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

‘Sponge-specific’ bacteria are widespread (but rare) in diverse marine environments

(2012) Michael W Taylor et al.   ISME Journal

Bacterial diversity, community structure and potential growth rates along an estuarine salinity gradient

(2012) Barbara J Campbell et al.   ISME Journal

Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

(2012) Ute Hentschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Structure-Forming Corals and Sponges and Their Use as Fish Habitat in Bering Sea Submarine Canyons

(2012) Robert J. Miller et al.   PLoS One

A Core Human Microbiome as Viewed through 16S rRNA Sequence Clusters

(2012) Susan M. Huse et al.   PLoS One

Sponge-Microbe Associations Survive High Nutrients and Temperatures

(2012) Rachel Simister et al.   PLoS One

The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the ome-ome

(2012) Daniel McDonald et al.   GigaScience

Sponge-Associated Bacteria Are Strictly Maintained in Two Closely Related but Geographically Distant Sponge Hosts

(2011) Naomi F. Montalvo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Beyond the Venn diagram: the hunt for a core microbiome

(2011) Ashley Shade et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

(2011) Nicole S. Webster et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Deep sequencing reveals diversity and community structure of complex microbiota in five Mediterranean sponges

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   ISME Journal

Marine bacterial, archaeal and protistan association networks reveal ecological linkages

(2011) Joshua A Steele et al.   ISME Journal

Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities

(2011) Albert Barberán et al.   ISME Journal

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Spatial and temporal variability of the bacterial community in different chemotypes of the New Zealand marine sponge Mycale hentscheli

(2010) Sally A. Anderson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Activity profiles for marine sponge-associated bacteria obtained by 16S rRNA vs 16S rRNA gene comparisons

(2010) Janine Kamke et al.   ISME Journal

A ‘rare biosphere’ microorganism contributes to sulfate reduction in a peatland

(2010) Michael Pester et al.   ISME Journal

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Centrality measures and the importance of generalist species in pollination networks

(2009) Ana M. Martín González et al.   Ecological Complexity

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

(2009) Nicole S. Webster et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The functional roles of marine sponges

(2008) James J. Bell   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Temperature thresholds for bacterial symbiosis with a sponge

(2008) Nicole S Webster et al.   ISME Journal