In the actual post-antibiotic era, novel ways of rethinking antimicrobial research approaches
are more urgent than ever. Natural compounds with antimicrobial activity such as fatty acids …

Polar marine biota have adapted to thrive under one of the ocean's most inhospitable
scenarios, where extremes of temperature, light photoperiod and ice disturbance, along with …

Coral reefs are experiencing increasing anthropogenic impacts that result in substantial
declines of reef-building corals and a change of community structure towards other benthic …

Seaweeds contain a wide range of secondary metabolites which serve multiple functions,
including chemical and ecological mediation with microorganisms. Moreover, owing to their …

The ecological function of bacteria-invertebrate interactions in Polar areas remains poorly
understood, despite increasing evidence that microbial metabolites may play pivotal roles in …

Following ecological and chemical screenings, the Antarctic sponge Phorbas areolatus was
chemically investigated for the first time. Three new suberitane derivatives named …

Three new diterpenes named gersemiols A–C (1–3) and a new eunicellane diterpene,
eunicellol A (4), have been isolated together with the known sesquiterpene (+)-α-muurolene …

Bryozoans are among the most abundant and diverse members of the Antarctic benthos,
however the role of bioactive metabolites in ecological interactions has been scarcely …

Marine sponges are exposed to predation as well as to a wide array of potentially harmful
microorganisms, and therefore they often possess chemical activity against putative …

Forests are characterized by many different species living together, a high biodiversity, and
many kinds of relationships among them, resulting from an advanced degree of mutual …