Showcasing the role of seawater in bacteria recruitment and microbiome stability in sponges

Exploring the diversity-stability paradigm using sponge microbial communities

(2018) Bettina Glasl et al.   Scientific Reports

Evaluating the core microbiota in complex communities: A systematic investigation

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

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

Defining the Core Microbiome in Corals’ Microbial Soup

(2017) Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

The Sponge Hologenome

(2016) Nicole S. Webster et al.   mBio

The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats

(2016) Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda et al.   mBio

Similar sponge-associated bacteria can be acquired via both vertical and horizontal transmission

(2015) Detmer Sipkema et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

(2015) Tracy D Ainsworth et al.   ISME Journal

The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?

(2015) Nancy A. Moran et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Julie Reveillaud et al.   ISME Journal

Functional and phylogenetic assembly of microbial communities in the human microbiome

(2014) Afrah Shafquat et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiosis as a General Principle in Eukaryotic Evolution

(2014) A. E. Douglas   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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

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

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

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

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

SINA: Accurate high-throughput multiple sequence alignment of ribosomal RNA genes

(2012) Elmar Pruesse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Defining a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: Current Concepts, Future Directions, and Clinical Applications

(2012) Fredrik Bäckhed et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Predator density and timing of arrival affect reef fish community assembly

(2012) Adrian C. Stier et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

(2012) M. Ribes 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

Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies

(2012) Anna Klindworth et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

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

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

Beyond the Venn diagram: the hunt for a core microbiome

(2011) Ashley Shade 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

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

(2011) Susanne Schmitt et al.   ISME Journal

Differences Between Bacterial Communities Associated with the Surface or Tissue of Mediterranean Sponge Species

(2011) Berna Gerçe et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae)

(2011) C.C. Morrow et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

(2010) On On Lee et al.   ISME Journal

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

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