Despite the many publications concerning the isolation of substances and the many reviews
of marine natural products, some groups of organisms remain poorly studied, including …

Jellyfish represent an important component of marine food webs characterized by large
fluctuations of population density, with the ability to abruptly form outbreaks, followed by …

A multilocus sequence analysis was undertaken in order to redefine the Splendidus clade of
the genus Vibrio, a large group of species containing several pathogenic members that …

Mass mortality events due to disease outbreaks have recently affected almost every healthy
population of fan mussel, Pinna nobilis in Mediterranean Sea. The devastating mortality of …

The lipidic extract of Undaria pinnatifida, one of the worst invasive species, was investigated
for its potential exploitation in biotechnological applications. The antimicrobial activity of the …

Phage H188, a novel Vibrio kanaloae phage, was isolated from the surface water of Yellow
Sea. Morphological analysis by transmission electron microscopy reveals that it belongs to …

Many marine organisms, including invertebrates, produce mucosal matrices having different
functions. Besides mechanical protection, the mucus of many invertebrates contains specific …

Abstract The polychaete Myxicola infundibulum (Renier) produces a large amount of dense
mucus which forms a gelatinous envelope where the worm lives. In the present study we …

Strain Corallo1 T was isolated from mucus of red coral (Corallium rubrum) at Punta Pizzaco
(Procida island, Naples, Italy). It was characterised as a Gram-stain negative, motile, rod …

Sponges are abundant, diverse and functionally important organisms of coral reef
ecosystems. Sponge-associated microorganisms have been receiving greater attention …