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Microbiota associated with the 2022 Diadema antillarum die-off in Puerto Rico
The Caribbean basin has suffered alarming numbers of collapsing marine populations due to diseases in recent decades. The well-documented die-off episode of the long-spined sea... -
Temporal variations in size and habitat of white sea urchin Tripneustes ventr...
Sea urchins play a critical role as herbivores keeping the balance between coral and algae. The White sea urchin Tripneustes ventricosus is an important herbivore of seagrass... -
Characterization of the intestinal microbiota of the sea cucumber Holothuria ...
High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing has been used to identify the intestinal microbiota of many animal species, but that of marine invertebrate organisms remains largely... -
The sea star, Pisaster ochraceus, has unique and dominant bacteria.
All animals live in close association with bacteria, but for most hosts little is known about the distribution and host-specificity of these bacteria. We used amplicon... -
2018 Australia fish microbiome study
Atl salmon study ABSTRACT Successful rearing of fish in hatcheries is critical for conservation, recreational fishing, and commercial fishing through wild stock enhancements,... -
Epidermal mucus from Anguilla anguilla Metagenome
The main objectives of this study are: (i) to analyze the microbiota associated to epidermal mucus from European eel and (ii) to identify the reservoir of virulence genes from... -
DNA extraction comparison testing 2019-2020
Our DNA extraction protocol is years old, and we want to compare new extraction methods to address outstanding issues. For more details, check out the motivation and... -
A simple microbiome in the European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
The European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, is used extensively in biological and biomedical research yet its microbiome remains poorly characterized. We analyzed the... -
Knight skin biogeography comparison
Knight_skin_biogeography - Comparison of skin samples from a rat (mammal), cyclostomid (fish), iguana (reptile), bull frog (amphibian) and a bird (pigeon) to determine if the... -
Earth Microbiome Project Multi-omics (EMP500)
The Earth Microbiome Project Multi-omics component (EMP500) involves amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing and metabolomic profiling of over five hundred microbial... -
Marine sponges and seawater Targeted Locus (Loci)
Assessment of microbial diversity of marine sponges and seawater -
Stable Sponge Microbiome under low oxygen in Lough Hyne Ireland
We determined the effects of variable environmental oxygen concentrations on the microbial communities of several demosponge species during seasonal anoxia in the field -
Microbial effects of livestock manure fertilization on freshwater aquaculture...
The majority of seafood is produced from farming, with most finfish coming from freshwater ponds. Across continents, aquaculture is growing fastest in Africa at 11.7 % annual... -
Song Colorado freshwater fish
Microbiota of slime and gut samples from different species of freshwater fish from the Colorado River. -
Fish microbiota 101: host traits, ecology, and environmental factors influenc...
Fish are the most diverse and widely distributed vertebrates, yet little is known about the microbial ecology of fishes nor the biological and environmental factors that... -
Bacterial communities of marine sponges collected at the South Shetland Islands
PyroTag sequencing of bacterial communities in marine sponges collected at the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica -
Baleen whales host a unique gut microbiome with similarities to both carnivor...
Mammals host gut microbiomes of immense physiological consequence, but the determinants of diversity in these communities remain poorly understood. Diet appears to be the... -
Patterns of microbiome transition along salinity gradients, and importance fo...
We are interested in whether the host fish microbiome is important for host adaptation to alternate osmotic niches. Toward this goal, we seek to describe the patterns of... -
Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges
The examined host species, all collected from Crete, Greece, are Ircinia fasciculata, I. oros, I. variabilis, and Sarcotragus spinosulus. In this study we have tried to answer... -
Prokaryotic communities of the sponge Dactylospongia elegans
Sponges were widespread in the South China Sea. Reports have shown numerous natural products extracted from sponges . Sponge-associated microbes have also been reported in...