Abstract Background Sequencing of 16S rRNA genes has become a powerful technique to
study microbial communities and their responses towards changing environmental …

Due to the geographical circumstances, the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) and the adjacent
East China Sea are extensively influenced by both anthropogenic activities and …

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 …

Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs), or probiotics, can enhance coral resilience
against stressors in laboratory trials. However, the ability of probiotics to restructure the coral …

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 …

Sponges harbor complex communities of microorganisms that carry out essential roles for
the functioning and survival of their hosts. In some cases, genetically related sponges from …

Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are widely cultured in Chinese marine ranching with high
economic value. However, mass death of farmed oysters has occurred frequently in recent …

Marine sponges are abundant and ecologically important components of coral reefs and
have been shown to harbour exceptionally high microbial densities, which can differ …

The microbiomes associated with bee nests influence colony health through various
mechanisms, although it is not yet clear how honeybee congeners differ in microbiome …