The marine environment encompasses a huge biological diversity and can be considered
as an underexplored location for prospecting bioactive molecules. In this review, the current …

Microbial communities control numerous biogeochemical processes critical for ecosystem
function and health. Most analyses of coastal microbial communities focus on the …

In this study, we investigated the specific bacterial distribution and the response of bacterial
communities to shifts in environmental factors in the subtropical Beibu Gulf, southern China …

Background The total bacterial community plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems. In
this study, bacterial communities and diversity along the shores of the Upper Gulf of …

Biodegradable polymers offer a potential solution to marine pollution caused by plastic
waste. The marine biofilms that formed on the surfaces of poly (lactide acid)(PLA) and poly …

Understanding the maintenance and origin of beta diversity is a central topic in ecology.
However, the factors that drive diversity patterns and underlying processes remain unclear …

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biodegradable and plastic-like biopolymer, has been
receiving research and industrial attention due to severe plastic pollution, resource …

Several measures of biodiversity are commonly used to describe microbial communities,
analyzed using 16S gene sequencing. A wide range of available experiments on 16S gene …

Marine sponges harbor a complex microbial consortium that plays important roles in host
metabolisms and the production of chemical compounds. Symbiotic microbial community …

Sponges (Porifera) harbor a diversity of microorganisms that contribute largely to the
production a vast array of bioactive compounds. The microorganisms associated with …