Persistent bacterial presence is believed to play an important role in host adaptation to
specific niches that would otherwise be unavailable, including the exclusive consumption of …

Leeches within the Piscicolidae are of great numerical and taxonomic importance, yet little is
known about bacteria that associate with this diverse group of blood‐feeding marine …

Microbial communities associated with deep-sea animals are critical to the establishment of
novel biological communities in unusual environments. Over the past few decades, rapid …

Many female squids and cuttlefishes have a symbiotic reproductive organ called the
accessory nidamental gland (ANG) that hosts a bacterial consortium involved with egg …

We fully sequenced the genomes of 16 Vibrio cultivars isolated from eel larvae, plastic
marine debris (PMD), the pelagic brown macroalga Sargassum, and seawater samples …

The interdependence of diverse organisms through symbiosis reaches even the deepest
parts of the oceans. As part of the DEEPEND project (deependconsortium. org) research on …

All animals on Earth form associations with microorganisms, including protists, bacteria,
archaea, fungi, and viruses. In the ocean, animal–microbial relationships were historically …

Some marine fishes are algae-feeding, and the microorganisms in their digestive tracts
produce carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes such as agarose and fucosidase, which are …

ABSTRACT The European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, is used extensively in
biological and biomedical research, yet its microbiome remains poorly characterized. We …

Hadal snailfishes are the deepest-living fishes in the ocean, inhabiting trenches from depths
of∼ 6,000 to 8,000 m. While the microbial communities in trench environments have begun …