Sponges-Cyanobacteria associations: Global diversity overview and new data from the Eastern Mediterranean

A curated database of cyanobacterial strains relevant for modern taxonomy and phylogenetic studies

(2017) Vitor Ramos et al.   Scientific Data

Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

(2016) Torsten Thomas et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2016) Georg Steinert et al.   PeerJ

Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera)

(2015) Christine Morrow et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Sponge diversity gradients in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean

(2015) Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Characterization of Leucetta prolifera, a calcarean cyanosponge from south-western Australia, and its symbionts

(2015) Jane Fromont et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

ConStrains identifies microbial strains in metagenomic datasets

(2015) Chengwei Luo et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Natural Product Biosynthetic Diversity and Comparative Genomics of the Cyanobacteria

(2015) Elke Dittmann et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Lifestyle Evolution in Cyanobacterial Symbionts of Sponges

(2015) Ilia Burgsdorf et al.   mBio

Identification and characterization of a new Halomicronema species (Cyanobacteria) isolated from the Mediterranean marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Porifera).

(2015) Carmela Caroppo et al.   Fottea

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

Biogeography rather than association with cyanobacteria structures symbiotic microbial communities in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis

(2014) Ilia Burgsdorf 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

Molecular community profiling reveals impacts of time, space, and disease status on the bacterial community associated with the Caribbean spongeAplysina cauliformis

(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

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

(2012) M. Ribes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Growing Unculturable Bacteria

(2012) E. J. Stewart   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sponge disease in the Adriatic Sea

(2012) Cristina G. Di Camillo et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Ultrastructure, Molecular Phylogenetics, and Chlorophyll a Content of Novel Cyanobacterial Symbionts in Temperate Sponges

(2012) Patrick M. Erwin et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Molecular Phylogenetic Evaluation of Classification and Scenarios of Character Evolution in Calcareous Sponges (Porifera, Class Calcarea)

(2012) Oliver Voigt et al.   PLoS One

Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)

(2012) Rob W. M. Van Soest et al.   PLoS One

Marine Caves of the Mediterranean Sea: A Sponge Biodiversity Reservoir within a Biodiversity Hotspot

(2012) Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.   PLoS One

Unusual Symbiotic Cyanobacteria Association in the Genetically Diverse Intertidal Marine Sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis (Demospongiae, Halichondrida)

(2012) Anoop Alex et al.   PLoS One

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

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

Cytotoxic and antimitotic activities in aqueous extracts of eight cyanobacterial strains isolated from the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis

(2011) Patrizia Pagliara et al.   TOXICON

Microscopical techniques reveal the in situ microbial association inside Aplysina aerophoba, Nardo 1886 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Verongida) almost exclusively consists of cyanobacteria

(2010) Martin Pfannkuchen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

A robust universal method for extraction of genomic DNA from bacterial species

(2010) Sina Atashpaz et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

Reevaluating sponge diversity and distribution in the Mediterranean Sea

(2009) Eleni Voultsiadou   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Comparison of the Bacterial Communities of Wild and Captive Sponge Clathria prolifera from the Chesapeake Bay

(2009) LeLeng To Isaacs et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Microbial communities associated with the invasive Hawaiian sponge Mycale armata

(2008) Guangyi Wang et al.   ISME Journal

The ecology and phylogeny of cyanobacterial symbionts in sponges

(2008) Kayley M. Usher   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Phototrophic nutrition and symbiont diversity of two Caribbean sponge–cyanobacteria symbioses

(2008) PM Erwin et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Cryptic diversity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Synechococcus spongiarum among sponge hosts

(2008) PATRICK M. ERWIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY