In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity

Environmental drivers of microbial community shifts in the giant barrel sponge,Xestospongia muta, over a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient

(2016) Kathleen M. Morrow et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2016) Volker Gloeckner et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Intraspecific Variation in Microbial Symbiont Communities of the Sun Sponge, Hymeniacidon heliophila, from Intertidal and Subtidal Habitats

(2015) Brooke L. Weigel et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sponge-Specific Unknown Bacterial Groups Detected in Marine Sponges Collected from Korea Through Barcoded Pyrosequencing

(2015) Jong-Bin Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Host-specific microbial communities in three sympatric North Sea sponges

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

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

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

Quantification of bacterial and archaeal symbionts in high and low microbial abundance sponges using real-time PCR

(2014) Kristina Bayer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Julie Reveillaud et al.   ISME Journal

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

(2014) Georg Steinert et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Temporal dynamics of prokaryotic communities in the marine spongeSarcotragus spinosulus

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

Functional type 2 photosynthetic reaction centers found in the rare bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes

(2014) Y. Zeng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent advances in the ecology of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs)

(2014) SE Kahng et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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

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

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

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

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

Temporal molecular and isotopic analysis of active bacterial communities in two New Zealand sponges

(2013) Rachel Simister et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Characterizing the bacterial associates of three Caribbean sponges along a gradient from shallow to mesophotic depths

(2013) Julie B. Olson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Host rules: spatial stability of bacterial communities associated with marine sponges (Irciniaspp.) in the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2013) Lucía Pita et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Analysis of bacterial diversity in sponges collected off Chujado, an Island in Korea, using barcoded 454 pyrosequencing: Analysis of a distinctive sponge group containing Chloroflexi

(2013) In-Hye Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

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

Genetic Structure in the Coral, Montastraea cavernosa: Assessing Genetic Differentiation among and within Mesophotic Reefs

(2013) Daniel A. Brazeau et al.   PLoS One

Archaea Appear to Dominate the Microbiome of Inflatella pellicula Deep Sea Sponges

(2013) Stephen A. Jackson et al.   PLoS One

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

Bacterial community profiles in low microbial abundance sponges

(2012) Emily C. Giles et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Michael W Taylor et al.   ISME Journal

Twilight Zone Sponges from Guam Yield Theonellin Isocyanate and Psammaplysins I and J

(2012) Anthony D. Wright et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

(2012) Ute Hentschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Pyrosequencing of Bacterial Symbionts within Axinella corrugata Sponges: Diversity and Seasonal Variability

(2012) James R. White et al.   PLoS One

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Removing Noise From Pyrosequenced Amplicons

(2011) Christopher Quince et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

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

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

Chloroflexi bacteria are more diverse, abundant, and similar in high than in low microbial abundance sponges

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

Connectivity and stability of mesophotic coral reefs

(2011) M. Slattery et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Reducing the Effects of PCR Amplification and Sequencing Artifacts on 16S rRNA-Based Studies

(2011) Patrick D. Schloss et al.   PLoS One

Species Turnover along Abiotic and Biotic Gradients: Patterns in Space Equal Patterns in Time?

(2010) Janne Soininen   BIOSCIENCE

Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics

(2010) Michael P. Lesser et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbial ecology of corals, sponges, and algae in mesophotic coral environments

(2010) Julie B. Olson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

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

(2010) On On Lee et al.   ISME Journal

Genetic Divergence across Habitats in the Widespread Coral Seriatopora hystrix and Its Associated Symbiodinium

(2010) Pim Bongaerts et al.   PLoS One

Widespread Distribution of Poribacteria in Demospongiae

(2009) F. F. Lafi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs

(2009) Michael P. Lesser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective

(2009) Tracy D. Ainsworth et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Molecular Microbial Diversity Survey of Sponge Reproductive Stages and Mechanistic Insights into Vertical Transmission of Microbial Symbionts

(2008) S. Schmitt et al.   APPLIED AND 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