Microbe–invertebrate associations, commonly occurring in nature, play a fundamental role
in the life of symbionts, even in hostile habitats, assuming a key importance for both …

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 …

The symbiosis between bacteria and sponges has arguably the longest evolutionary history
for any extant metazoan lineage, yet little is known about bacterial evolution or adaptation in …

Introduction Sponges are key components of marine benthic communities, providing many
ecosystem functions and establishing close relationships with microorganisms, conforming …

In the present study, we assessed prokaryotic communities of demosponges, a calcareous
sponge, octocorals, sediment and seawater in coral reef habitat of the central Red Sea …

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 …

Marine sponges are known to host diverse and abundant communities of microbial
symbionts. It has been generally assumed that the bacterial communities of low microbial …

Most tropical reef corals live at temperatures near 27° C and pH values near 8. Conditions
outside of these can stress corals and lead to bleaching, disease, and death. However …

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 …

In the present study, prokaryotic communities from nine sponge species, two octocoral
species, sediment and seawater were assessed from Maldivian coral reefs. All host species …