Cooperation, communication, and co-evolution: grand challenges in microbial symbiosis research

Transmission of Cyanobacterial Symbionts During Embryogenesis in the Coral Reef Ascidians Trididemnum nubilum and T. clinides (Didemnidae, Ascidiacea, Chordata)

(2016) Aoi Kojima et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Shared Metabolic Pathways in a Coevolved Insect-Bacterial Symbiosis

(2013) Calum W. Russell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Down under the tunic: bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing archaea in coral reef ascidians

(2013) Patrick M Erwin et al.   ISME Journal

Bacterial colonization factors control specificity and stability of the gut microbiota

(2013) S. Melanie Lee et al.   NATURE

Mom Knows Best: The Universality of Maternal Microbial Transmission

(2013) Lisa J. Funkhouser et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2012) Michael W Taylor et al.   ISME Journal

Knowing your friends: invertebrate innate immunity fosters beneficial bacterial symbioses

(2012) Spencer V. Nyholm et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Functional equivalence and evolutionary convergence in complex communities of microbial sponge symbionts

(2012) L. Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toward the functional analysis of uncultivable, symbiotic microorganisms in the termite gut

(2011) Yuichi Hongoh   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

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

Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

(2011) C. Burke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metaorganisms as the new frontier

(2011) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   ZOOLOGY

Diversity and Genomes of Uncultured Microbial Symbionts in the Termite Gut

(2010) Yuichi HONGOH   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Bacterial Community Dynamics in the Marine Sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile Under In Situ and Ex Situ Cultivation

(2010) Nicole S. Webster et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

(2010) Monika Bright et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

The core gut microbiome, energy balance and obesity

(2009) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The Genetics and Cell Biology ofWolbachia-Host Interactions

(2008) Laura R. Serbus et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Photosynthetic symbioses in animals

(2008) A.A. Venn et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

'Til death do us part': coming to terms with symbiotic relationships

(2008) David A. Relman   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Are biologists in 'future shock'? Symbiosis integrates biology across domains

(2008) Margaret McFall-Ngai   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

(2008) Nicole Dubilier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota

(2008) Ruth E. Ley et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY