It is now recognized that host microbiome, the community of microorganisms that colonize
the animal body (eg microbiota) and their genomes, play an important role in the health …

Lucinidae clams harbor gammaproteobacterial thioautotrophic gill endosymbionts that are
environmentally acquired. Thioautotrophic lucinid symbionts are related to metabolically …

Outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns sea stars (CoTS; Acanthaster species complex)
cause substantial coral loss; hence, there is considerable interest in developing prevention …

Two Gram-stain-negative, facultative anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped strains, S-B4-1U T and
JOB-63a, forming small whitish transparent colonies on marine agar, were isolated from a …

Background Animal-associated microbiomes can be influenced by both host and
environmental factors. Comparing wild animals to those in zoos or aquariums can help …

Caribbean sea urchins are marine invertebrates that have experienced a decline over the
years. Studies on sea urchins have focused primarily on the microbiome of the coelomic …

Aims Sessile marine invertebrates engage in a diverse array of beneficial interactions with
bacterial symbionts. One feature of some of these relationships is the presence of bioactive …

Relationships between animals and their associated microbiota are dependent on both the
evolutionary history of the host and on the environment. The majority of studies tend to focus …

The population divergence process of deep-sea vent invertebrates is driven by both biotic
(eg, dispersal during the larval stage) and abiotic factors such as deep-ocean currents …

A strictly aerobic Gram-negative bacterium, designated 2012CJ34-2T, was isolated from
marine sponge to Chuja-do in Jeju-island, Republic of Korea and taxonomically …