Examining the giant barrel sponge species complex: molecular and microbial differentiation of Xestospongia testudinaria in Singapore

The microbiomes of two Singaporean corals show site-specific differentiation and variability that correlates with the seasonal monsoons

(2023) Lindsey K. Deignan et al.   CORAL REEFS

Molecular detection and microbiome differentiation of two cryptic lineages of giant barrel sponges from Conch Reef, Florida Keys

(2021) James S. Evans et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral-associated nitrogen fixation rates and diazotrophic diversity on a nutrient-replete equatorial reef

(2021) Molly A. Moynihan et al.   ISME Journal

Differential Response of the Microbiome of Pocillopora acuta to Reciprocal Transplantation Within Singapore

(2021) Lindsey K. Deignan et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Host population genetics and biogeography structure the microbiome of the sponge Cliona delitrix

(2020) Cole G. Easson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses

(2020) Laura Rix et al.   ISME Journal

The Emerging Ecological and Biogeochemical Importance of Sponges on Coral Reefs

(2019) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Characterisation of coral-associated bacterial communities in an urbanised marine environment shows strong divergence over small geographic scales

(2019) Benjamin J. Wainwright et al.   CORAL REEFS

Host genetics and geography influence microbiome composition in the sponge Ircinia campana

(2019) Sarah M. Griffiths et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Microbially mediated nutrient cycles in marine sponges

(2019) Fan Zhang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change and local pressures

(2018) Nicholas H. Wolff et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bioeroding sponge assemblages: the importance of substrate availability and sediment

(2018) Joseph Marlow et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Evidence for shifting genetic structure among Caribbean giant barrel sponges in the Florida Keys

(2018) Lindsey K. Deignan et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Cryptic species as a window into the paradigm shift of the species concept

(2018) Cene Fišer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sponge chemical defenses are a possible mechanism for increasing sponge abundance on reefs in Zanzibar

(2018) Stephanie B. Helber et al.   PLoS One

Growth and longevity in giant barrel sponges: Redwoods of the reef or Pines in the Indo-Pacific?

(2018) Emily C. McGrath et al.   Scientific Reports

Simple statistical identification and removal of contaminant sequences in marker-gene and metagenomics data

(2018) Nicole M. Davis et al.   Microbiome

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

Latitudinal variation in the microbiome of the sponge Ircinia campana correlates with host haplotype but not anti-predatory chemical defense

(2017) CM Marino et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Latitudinal variation in the microbiome of the sponge Ircinia campana correlates with host haplotype but not anti-predatory chemical defense

(2017) CM Marino et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Normalization and microbial differential abundance strategies depend upon data characteristics

(2017) Sophie Weiss et al.   Microbiome

Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

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

Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

(2016) Torsten Thomas et al.   Nature Communications

Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

(2015) A Apprill et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Every base matters: assessing small subunit rRNA primers for marine microbiomes with mock communities, time series and global field samples

(2015) Alma E. Parada et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges

(2015) Fan Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

popart: full-feature software for haplotype network construction

(2015) Jessica W. Leigh et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Trait-mediated ecosystem impacts: how morphology and size affect pumping rates of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge

(2014) SE McMurray et al.   Aquatic Biology

Resilience to Disturbance Despite Limited Dispersal and Self-Recruitment in Tropical Barrel Sponges: Implications for Conservation and Management

(2014) James J. Bell et al.   PLoS One

Reduced Diversity and High Sponge Abundance on a Sedimented Indo-Pacific Reef System: Implications for Future Changes in Environmental Quality

(2014) Abigail Powell et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in the Caribbean Sponge, Xestospongia muta: A Source or Sink of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen?

(2013) Cara L. Fiore 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

Symbiotic prokaryotic communities from different populations of the giant barrel sponge,Xestospongia muta

(2013) Cara L. Fiore et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Estimates of Particulate Organic Carbon Flowing from the Pelagic Environment to the Benthos through Sponge Assemblages

(2012) Alejandra Perea-Blázquez et al.   PLoS One

mvabund- anRpackage for model-based analysis of multivariate abundance data

(2012) Yi Wang et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The role of sponge competition on coral reef alternative steady states

(2011) Manuel González-Rivero et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

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

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   ISME Journal

Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2010) Steven E. McMurray et al.   ECOLOGY

Pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse and species-specific microbial communities in sponges from the Red Sea

(2010) On On Lee et al.   ISME Journal

Effects of Sponge Bleaching on Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea: Distribution and Relative Expression of Ammonia Monooxygenase Genes Associated with the Barrel Sponge Xestospongia muta

(2010) Susanna López-Legentil et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in the “cosmopolitan” excavating sponge Cliona celata (Porifera, Clionaidae)

(2010) J.R. Xavier et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

(2010) J. G. Caporaso et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complex nitrogen cycling in the spongeGeodia barretti

(2009) Friederike Hoffmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2008) S. E. McMurray et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY