Much recent marine microbial research has focused on sponges, but very little is known
about how the sponge microbiome fits in the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity …

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 …

Marine karst ecosystems exist at the land-sea interface and are characterised by underwater
formations sculpted over time by the action of seawater. Submerged caves and crevices of …

Aging research aims at developing interventions that delay normal aging processes and
some related pathologies. Recently, many compounds and extracts from natural products …

Sponges are predicted to dominate future reef ecosystems influenced by anthropogenic
stressors and global climate change. The ecological success of sponges is attributed to their …

Marine sponges are known to harbor a diverse and complex microbiota; however, a vast
majority of surveys have been investigating the prokaryotic communities in the north …

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

In the present study, we compared mucus and gut-associated prokaryotic communities from
seven nudibranch species with sediment and seawater from Thai coral reefs using high …

Prokaryotes contribute to the health of marine sponges. However, there is lack of data on the
assembly rules of sponge-associated prokaryotic communities, especially for those …

In the present study, we used Illumina sequencing to explore the prokaryote communities of
17 demosponge species and how they compare with bacterial mat, sediment and seawater …