Microbial diversity in the marine sponge Aplysina cavernicola (formerly Verongia cavernicola) analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

AB Friedrich, H Merkert, T Fendert, J Hacker, P Proksch… - Marine biology, 1999 - Springer
We have employed electronmicroscopical methods (SEM, TEM) to document the microbial
community associated with the marine sponge Aplysina cavernicola (formerly Verongia …

Diversity of Bacteria in the Marine Sponge Aplysina fulva in Brazilian Coastal Waters

CCP Hardoim, R Costa, FV Araujo… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microorganisms can account for up to 60% of the fresh weight of marine sponges. Marine
sponges have been hypothesized to serve as accumulation spots of particular microbial …

Molecular evidence for a uniform microbial community in sponges from different oceans

U Hentschel, J Hopke, M Horn… - Applied and …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sponges (class Porifera) are evolutionarily ancient metazoans that populate the tropical
oceans in great abundances but also occur in temperate regions and even in freshwater …

Monitoring microbial diversity and natural product profiles of the sponge Aplysina cavernicola following transplantation

C Thoms, M Horn, M Wagner, U Hentschel, P Proksch - Marine Biology, 2003 - Springer
In order to assess the stability of the microbial community of the sponge Aplysina
cavernicola under in situ conditions, sponges were transplanted from their original location …

Phylogenetically and spatially close marine sponges harbour divergent bacterial communities

CCP Hardoim, AIS Esteves, FR Pires, JMS Gonçalves… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Recent studies have unravelled the diversity of sponge-associated bacteria that may play
essential roles in sponge health and metabolism. Nevertheless, our understanding of this …

Microbial diversity of marine sponges

U Hentschel, L Fieseler, M Wehrl, C Gernert… - Sponges (Porifera), 2003 - Springer
The recent application of molecular microbial ecology tools to sponge-microbe associations
has revealed a glimpse into the biodiversity of these microbial communities, that is …

Microbial Diversity of the Freshwater Sponge Spongilla lacustris

C Gernert, FO Glöckner, G Krohne, U Hentschel - Microbial ecology, 2005 - Springer
To provide insight into the phylogenetic bacterial diversity of the freshwater sponge
Spongilla lacustris, a 16S rRNA gene libraries were constructed from sponge tissues and …

Spatial distribution of sponge-associated bacteria in the Mediterranean sponge Tethya aurantium

V Thiel, SC Neulinger, T Staufenberger… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The local distribution of the bacterial community associated with the marine sponge Tethya
aurantium Pallas 1766 was studied. Distinct bacterial communities were found to inhabit the …

Associated bacterial communities of two deep-water sponges

JB Olson, PJ McCarthy - Aquatic microbial ecology, 2005 - int-res.com
A combination of approaches was used to examine the bacterial communities associated
with 2 deep-water Scleritoderma spp. sponges. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis …

Diversity and antibacterial activity of bacteria isolated from the coastal marine sponges Amphilectus fucorum and Eurypon major

LM Margassery, J Kennedy, F O'Gara… - Letters in applied …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims: To assess the diversity and antimicrobial activity of culturable bacteria associated with
two temperate‐water marine sponges, Amphilectus fucorum and Eurypon major. Methods …