Phylogenetic Diversity and Community Structure of the Symbionts Associated with the Coralline Sponge Astrosclera willeyana of the Great Barrier Reef

Metagenome Mining Reveals Polytheonamides as Posttranslationally Modified Ribosomal Peptides

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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

A horizontal gene transfer supported the evolution of an early metazoan biomineralization strategy

(2011) Daniel J Jackson et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

(2011) Nicole S. Webster 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

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

(2011) D. H. Erwin et al.   SCIENCE

Enrichment and Physiological Characterization of a Novel Nitrospira-Like Bacterium Obtained from a Marine Sponge

(2010) S. Off et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An evolutionary fast-track to biocalcification

(2010) D. J. JACKSON et al.   Geobiology

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

(2010) Janine Kamke et al.   ISME Journal

Evidence for Vertical Transmission of Bacterial Symbionts from Adult to Embryo in the Caribbean Sponge Svenzea zeai

(2009) O. O. Lee et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Diversity of aerobic and anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in marine sponges

(2009) Naglaa M Mohamed et al.   ISME Journal

Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges

(2009) Marie-Lise Schläppy et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Bacterial Community Analyses of Two Red Sea Sponges

(2009) Mona Radwan et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge Leucetta chagosensis (Leucettidae): Founder effects, vicariance, or both?

(2008) Gert Wörheide et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversity and expression of nitrogen fixation genes in bacterial symbionts of marine sponges

(2008) Naglaa M. Mohamed et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Diversity and Spatial Distribution of the Microbial Community Associated with the Caribbean Deep-water Sponge Polymastia cf. corticata by 16S rRNA, aprA, and amoA Gene Analysis

(2008) Birte Meyer et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A hypercalcified sponge with soft relatives: Vaceletia is a keratose demosponge

(2008) Gert Wörheide   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The Inner Lives of Sponges

(2008) G. Vogel   SCIENCE