Abdelmohsen, U., Cheng, C., Viegelmann, C., Zhang, T., Grkovic, T., Ahmed, S., Quinn, R., Hentschel, U. and Edrada-Ebel, R. (2014) Dereplication Strategies for Targeted Isolation of New Antitrypanosomal Actinosporins A and B from a Marine Sponge Associated-Actinokineospora sp. EG49. Marine Drugs, 12 (3). pp. 1220-1244. DOI 10.3390/md12031220.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Ali, W., Eom, S. H., Hentschel, U. and Roitsch, T. (2011) Synthesis of distinctly different sets of antimicrobial activities by elicited plant cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 106 (1). pp. 105-113. DOI 10.1007/s11240-010-9898-y.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Balasubramanian, S., Oelschlaeger, T. A., Grkovic, T., Pham, N. B., Quinn, R. J. and Hentschel, U. (2017) Potential of marine natural products against drug-resistant fungal, viral, and parasitic infections. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17 (2). e30-e41. DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30323-1.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Bayer, K. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Diversity, abundance and natural products of marine sponge-associated actinomycetes. Natural Product Reports, 31 (3). pp. 381-399. DOI 10.1039/c3np70111e.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Cheng, C., Reimer, A., Kozjak-Pavlovic, V., Ibrahim, A. K., Rudel, T., Hentschel, U. , Edrada-Ebel, R. and Ahmed, S. A. (2015) Antichlamydial sterol from the Red Sea sponge Callyspongia aff. implexa. Planta Medica, 81 (5). pp. 382-387. DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1545721.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Grkovic, T., Balasubramanian, S., Kamel, M. S., Quinn, R. J. and Hentschel, U. (2015) Elicitation of secondary metabolism in actinomycetes. Biotechnology Advances, 33 (6). pp. 798-811. DOI 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.06.003.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Hanora, A., Radwan, M., Abou-El-Ela, S. H., Ahmed, S. and Hentschel, U. (2010) Isolation, Phylogenetic Analysis and Anti-infective Activity Screening of Marine Sponge-Associated Actinomycetes. Marine Drugs, 8 (3). pp. 399-412. DOI 10.3390/md8030399.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Szesny, M., Othman, E. M., Schirmeister, T., Grond, S., Stopper, H. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Antioxidant and Anti-Protease Activities of Diazepinomicin from the Sponge-Associated Micromonospora Strain RV115. Marine Drugs, 10 (12). pp. 2208-2221. DOI 10.3390/md10102208.

Abdelmohsen, U. R., Zhang, G., Philippe, A., Schmitz, W., Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Hertlein-Amslinger, B., Hentschel, U. and Bringmann, G. (2012) Cyclodysidins A–D, cyclic lipopeptides from the marine sponge-derived Streptomyces strain RV15. Tetrahedron Letters, 53 (1). pp. 23-29. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.10.051.

Abdelmohsen, U., Yang, C., Horn, H., Hajjar, D., Ravasi, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Actinomycetes from Red Sea Sponges: Sources for Chemical and Phylogenetic Diversity. Marine Drugs, 12 (5). pp. 2771-2789. DOI 10.3390/md12052771.

Adam, P., Gernert, C., Schmitt, S., Haralambieva, E., Ott, G., Müller-Hermelink, H. K. and Hentschel, U. (2008) Das Erregerspektrum pulmonaler MALT-Typ-Lymphome [The spectrum of microbiological agents causing pulmonary MALT-type lymphomas. A 16S rRNA-based analysis of microbial diversity]. Pathologe, 29 (S2). pp. 290-296. DOI 10.1007/s00292-008-1068-1.

Ahn, Y. B., Rhee, S. K., Fennell, D. E., Kerkhof, L. J., Hentschel, U. and Haggblom, M. M. (2003) Reductive Dehalogenation of Brominated Phenolic Compounds by Microorganisms Associated with the Marine Sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69 (7). pp. 4159-4166. DOI 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4159-4166.2003.

Aly, A. H., Edrada-Ebel, R., Wray, V., Müller, W. E. G., Kozytska, S., Hentschel, U. , Proksch, P. and Ebel, R. (2008) Bioactive metabolites from the endophytic fungus Ampelomyces sp. isolated from the medicinal plant Urospermum picroides. Phytochemistry, 69 (8). pp. 1716-1725. DOI 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.02.013.

Angermeier, H., Glöckner, V., Pawlik, J. R., Lindquist, N. L. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Sponge white patch disease affecting the Caribbean sponge Amphimedon compressa. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 99 (2). pp. 95-102. DOI 10.3354/dao02460.

Angermeier, H., Kamke, J., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Krohne, G., Pawlik, J. R., Lindquist, N. L. and Hentschel, U. (2011) The pathology of sponge orange band disease affecting the Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 75 (2). pp. 218-230. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01001.x.

Astudillo-García, C., Slaby, B. M. , Waite, D. W., Bayer, K. , Hentschel, U. and Taylor, M. W. (2018) Phylogeny and genomics of SAUL, an enigmatic bacterial lineage frequently associated with marine sponges. Environmental Microbiology, 20 . pp. 561-576. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.13965.

Balasubramanian, S., Othman, E. M., Kampik, D., Stopper, H., Hentschel, U. , Ziebuhr, W., Oelschlaeger, T. A. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2017) Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces sp. SBT343 Extract Inhibits Staphylococcal Biofilm Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 (Art. Nr. 236). DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00236.

Balasubramanian, S., Skaf, J., Holzgrabe, U., Bharti, R., Förstner, K. U., Ziebuhr, W., Hentschel, U. , Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Oelschlaeger, T. A. (2018) A New Bioactive Compound From the Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces sp. SBT348 Inhibits Staphylococcal Growth and Biofilm Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 . Art.Nr. 1473. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01473.

Bang, C., Dagan, T., Deines, P., Dubilier, N., Duschl, W. J., Fraune, S., Hentschel, U. , Hirt, H., Hülter, N., Lachnit, T., Picazo, D., Pita, L. , Pogoreutz, C., Rädecker, N., Saad, M. M., Schmitz, R. A., Schulenburg, H., Voolstra, C. R., Weiland-Bräuer, N., Ziegler, M. and Bosch, T. C. G. (2018) Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?. Zoology, 127 . pp. 1-19. DOI 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004.

Batani, G., Bayer, K. , Böge, J. V., Hentschel, U. and Thomas, T. (2019) Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and cell sorting of living bacteria. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). Art.Nr. 18618. DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-55049-2.

Bayer, K. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Einzelzell-Genomik: das Bakterium als Individuum. Biospektrum - das Magazin für Biowissenschaften, 18 (6). pp. 596-598. DOI 10.1007/s12268-012-0234-4.

Bayer, K. , Busch, K. , Kenchington, E., Beazley, L., Franzenburg, S., Michels, J., Hentschel, U. and Slaby, B. M. (2020) Microbial strategies for survival in the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii . mSystems, 5 (4). Art.Nr. e00473-20. DOI 10.1128/mSystems.00473-20.

Bayer, K. , Jahn, M. T. , Slaby, B. M. , Moitinho-Silva, L. and Hentschel, U. (2018) Marine Sponges as Chloroflexi Hot Spots: Genomic Insights and High-Resolution Visualization of an Abundant and Diverse Symbiotic Clade. mSystems, 3 (6). e00150-18. DOI 10.1128/mSystems.00150-18.

Bayer, K. , Kamke, J. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Quantification of bacterial and archaeal symbionts in high and low microbial abundance sponges using real-time PCR. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 89 (3). pp. 679-690. DOI 10.1111/1574-6941.12369.

Bayer, K. , Moitinho-Silva, L., Brümmer, F., Cannistraci, C. V., Ravasi, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) GeoChip-based insights into the microbial functional gene repertoire of marine sponges (high microbial abundance, low microbial abundance) and seawater. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 90 (3). pp. 832-843. DOI 10.1111/1574-6941.12441.

Bayer, K. , Scheuermayer, M., Fieseler, L. and Hentschel, U. (2013) Genomic Mining for Novel FADH2-Dependent Halogenases in Marine Sponge-Associated Microbial Consortia. Marine Biotechnology, 15 (1). pp. 63-72. DOI 10.1007/s10126-012-9455-2.

Bayer, K. , Schmitt, S. and Hentschel, U. (2008) Physiology, phylogeny and in situ evidence for bacterial and archaeal nitrifiers in the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Environmental Microbiology, 10 (11). pp. 2942-2955. DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01582.x.

Bayer, K. , Slaby, B. M. and Hentschel, U. (2015) Den Unkultivierbaren auf der Spur. Biospektrum - das Magazin für Biowissenschaften, 21 (1). pp. 17-19. DOI 10.1007/s12268-015-0526-6.

Böhm, M., Hentschel, U. , Friedrich, A., Fieseler, L., Steffen, R., Gamulin, V., Müller, I. M. and Müller, W. E. G. (2001) Molecular response of the sponge Suberites domuncula to bacterial infection. Marine Biology, 139 (6). pp. 1037-1045. DOI 10.1007/s002270100656.

Borchert, E. , Chow, J., Hentschel, U. and Streit, W. R. (2022) Marine Mikroorganismen für den Plastikabbau. BIOspektrum, 28 (6). pp. 594-596. DOI 10.1007/s12268-022-1848-9.

Borchert, E. , García-Moyano, A., Sanchez-Carrillo, S., Dahlgren, T. G., Slaby, B. M. , Bjerga, G. E. K., Ferrer, M., Franzenburg, S. and Hentschel, U. (2021) Deciphering a Marine Bone-Degrading Microbiome Reveals a Complex Community Effort. mSystems, 6 . Art.Nr. e01218-20. DOI 10.1128/mSystems.01218-20.

Borchert, E. , Hammerschmidt, K. , Hentschel, U. and Deines, P. (2021) Enhancing Microbial Pollutant Degradation by Integrating Eco-Evolutionary Principles with Environmental Biotechnology. Trends in Microbiology, 29 (10). pp. 908-918. DOI 10.1016/j.tim.2021.03.002.

Brodnicke, O. B., Meyer, H. K., Busch, K. , Xavier, J. R., Knudsen, S. W., Møller, P. R., Hentschel, U. and Sweet, M. J. (2023) Deep‐sea sponge derived environmental DNA analysis reveals demersal fish biodiversity of a remote Arctic ecosystem. Environmental DNA, 5 (6). pp. 1405-1417. DOI 10.1002/edn3.451.

Burgsdorf, I., Slaby, B. M. , Handley, K. M., Haber, M., Blom, J., Marshall, C. W., Gilbert, J. A., Hentschel, U. and Steindler, L. (2015) Lifestyle Evolution in Cyanobacterial Symbionts of Sponges. mBio, 6 (3). e00391-15. DOI 10.1128/mBio.00391-15.

Busch, K. , Beazley, L., Kenchington, E., Whoriskey, F., Slaby, B. M. and Hentschel, U. (2020) Microbial diversity of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii in response to anthropogenic activities. Conservation Genetics, 21 . pp. 1001-1010. DOI 10.1007/s10592-020-01305-2.

Busch, K. , Hanz, U., Mienis, F. , Müller, B. , Franke, A., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. and Hentschel, U. (2020) On giant shoulders: How a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges. Biogeosciences (BG), 17 . pp. 3471-3486. DOI 10.5194/bg-17-3471-2020.

Busch, K. , Slaby, B. M. , Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E. M., Sipkema, D., Pita, L. , Schupp, P. J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H. T. and Hentschel, U. (2022) Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome. Nature Communications, 13 (1). Art.Nr. 5160. DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4.

Busch, K. , Taboada, S. , Riesgo, A., Koutsouveli, V., Ríos, P. , Cristobo, J., Franke, A., Getzlaff, K. , Schmidt, C. , Biastoch, A. and Hentschel, U. (2021) Population connectivity of fan-shaped sponge holobionts in the deep Cantabrian Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 167 . Art.Nr. 103427. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103427.

Busch, K. , Wurz, E., Rapp, H. T., Bayer, K. , Franke, A. and Hentschel, U. (2020) Chloroflexi Dominate the Deep-Sea Golf Ball Sponges Craniella zetlandica and Craniella infrequens Throughout Different Life Stages. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 . Art.Nr. 674. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2020.00674.

Campana, S. , Busch, K. , Hentschel, U. , Muyzer, G. and de Goeij, J. M. (2021) DNA ‐stable isotope probing DNA‐stable isotope probing (DNA‐SIP) identifies marine sponge‐associated bacteria actively utilizing dissolved organic matter (DOM). Environmental Microbiology, 23 (8). pp. 4489-4504. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.15642.

Campana, S. , Demey, C. , Busch, K. , Hentschel, U. , Muyzer, G. and de Goeij, J. M. (2021) Marine sponges maintain stable bacterial communities between reef sites with different coral to algae cover ratios. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97 (9). Art.Nr. fiab115. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiab115.

Carrier, T. J. , Schmittmann, L. , Jung, S., Pita, L. and Hentschel, U. (2023) Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (5). Art.Nr. e10012. DOI 10.1002/ece3.10012.

Carrier, T. J., Maldonado, M., Schmittmann, L., Pita, L. , Bosch, T. C. G. and Hentschel, U. (2022) Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis. BMC Biology, 20 (1). Art.Nr. 100. DOI 10.1186/s12915-022-01291-6.

Chelossi, E., Pantile, R., Pronzato, R., Milanese, M. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Bacteria with antimicrobial properties isolated from the Mediterranean sponges Chondrilla nucula and Petrosia ficiformis. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 49 . pp. 157-163. DOI 10.3354/ame01134.

Cheng, C., Balasubramanian, S., Fekete, A., Krischke, M., Mueller, M. J., Hentschel, U. , Oelschlaeger, T. A. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2017) Inhibitory potential of strepthonium A against Shiga toxin production in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strain EDL933. Natural Product Research, 31 (23). 2818-2823 . DOI 10.1080/14786419.2017.1297443.

Cheng, C., MacIntyre, L., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Horn, H., Polymenakou, P. N., Edrada-Ebel, R. and Hentschel, U. (2015) Biodiversity, Anti-Trypanosomal Activity Screening, and Metabolomic Profiling of Actinomycetes Isolated from Mediterranean Sponges. PLoS ONE, 10 (9). e0138528. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0138528.

Cheng, C., Othman, E. M., Fekete, A., Krischke, M., Stopper, H., Edrada-Ebel, R., Mueller, M. J., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2016) Strepoxazine A, a new cytotoxic phenoxazin from the marine sponge-derived bacterium Streptomyces sp. SBT345. Tetrahedron Letters, 57 (37). pp. 4196-4199. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.08.005.

Cheng, C., Othman, E. M., Reimer, A., Grüne, M., Kozjak-Pavlovic, V., Stopper, H., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2016) Ageloline A, new antioxidant and antichlamydial quinolone from the marine sponge-derived bacterium Streptomyces sp. SBT345. Tetrahedron Letters, 57 (25). pp. 2786-2789. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.05.042.

Cheng, C., Othman, E., Stopper, H., Edrada-Ebel, R., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. (2017) Isolation of Petrocidin A, a New Cytotoxic Cyclic Dipeptide from the Marine Sponge-Derived Bacterium Streptomyces sp. SBT348. Marine Drugs, 15 (12, Article Number 383). DOI 10.3390/md15120383.

Choo, S. , Borchert, E. , Wiese, J. , Saha, M. , Künzel, S., Weinberger, F. and Hentschel, U. (2020) Polaribacter septentrionalilitoris sp. nov., isolated from the biofilm of a stone from the North Sea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70 (7). pp. 4305-4314. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004290.

Coons, A. K., Busch, K. , Lenz, M. , Hentschel, U. and Borchert, E. (2021) Biogeography rather than substrate type determines bacterial colonization dynamics of marine plastics. PeerJ, 9 . Art.Nr. e12135. DOI 10.7717/peerj.12135.

Dashti, Y., Grkovic, T., Abdelmohsen, U., Hentschel, U. and Quinn, R. (2014) Production of Induced Secondary Metabolites by a Co-Culture of Sponge-Associated Actinomycetes, Actinokineospora sp. EG49 and Nocardiopsis sp. RV163. Marine Drugs, 12 (5). pp. 3046-3059. DOI 10.3390/md12053046.

Dashti, Y., Grkovic, T. , Abdelmohsen, U. R., Hentschel, U. and Quinn, R. J. (2017) Actinomycete Metabolome Induction/Suppression with N-Acetylglucosamine. Journal of Natural Products, 80 (4). pp. 828-836. DOI 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00673.

Díez‐Vives, C. , Taboada, S. , Leiva, C. , Busch, K., Hentschel, U. and Riesgo, A. (2020) On the way to specificity ‐ Microbiome reflects sponge genetic cluster primarily in highly structured populations. Molecular Ecology, 29 (22). pp. 4412-4427. DOI 10.1111/mec.15635.

Dobrindt, U., Hentschel, U. , Kaper, J. B. and Hacker, J. (2002) Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Enterobacteria. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 264 (2). pp. 157-175. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-56031-6_9.

Dobrindt, U., Hochhut, B., Hentschel, U. and Hacker, J. (2004) Genomic islands in pathogenic and environmental microorganisms. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2 (5). pp. 414-424. DOI 10.1038/nrmicro884.

Doering, T., Wall, M., Putchim, L., Rattanawongwan, T., Schroeder, R., Hentschel, U. and Roik, A. (2021) Towards enhancing coral heat tolerance: a “microbiome transplantation” treatment using inoculations of homogenized coral tissues. Microbiome, 9 (1). Art.Nr. 102. DOI 10.1186/s40168-021-01053-6.

Domin, H., Zimmermann, J., Taubenheim, J., Fuentes Reyes, G., Saueressig, L., Prasse, D., Höppner, M., Schmitz, R. A., Hentschel, U. , Kaleta, C. and Fraune, S. (2023) Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis. Microbiome, 11 (1). Art.Nr. 257. DOI 10.1186/s40168-023-01701-z.

Domin, H., Zurita-Gutierrez, Y. H., Scotti, M. , Buttlar, J., Hentschel Humeida, U. and Fraune, S. (2018) Predicted bacterial interactions affect in vivo microbial colonization dynamics in Nematostella. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 . Art.Nr. 728. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00728.

El-Hossary, E. M., Cheng, C., Hamed, M. M., El-Sayed Hamed, A. N., Ohlsen, K., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2017) Antifungal potential of marine natural products. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 126 . pp. 631-651. DOI 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.11.022.

Eltamany, E. E., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Ibrahim, A. K., Hassanean, H. A., Hentschel, U. and Ahmed, S. A. (2014) New antibacterial xanthone from the marine sponge-derived Micrococcus sp. EG45. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24 (21). pp. 4939-4942. DOI 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.040.

Faist, H., Ankenbrand, M. J., Sickel, W., Hentschel, U. , Keller, A. and Deeken, R. (2023) Opportunistic bacteria of grapevine crown galls are equipped with the genomic repertoire for opine utilization. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15 (12). evad228. DOI 10.1093/gbe/evad228.

Faist, H., Keller, A., Hentschel, U. and Deeken, R. (2016) Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Crown Galls Host Distinct Microbiota. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82 (18). pp. 5542-5552. DOI 10.1128/AEM.01131-16.

Felbeck, H., Arndt, C., Hentschel, U. and Childress, J. J. (2004) Experimental application of vascular and coelomic catheterization to identify vascular transport mechanisms for inorganic carbon in the vent tubeworm, Riftia pachyptila. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 51 (3). pp. 401-411. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.10.012.

Fernandez-Lopez, L., Sanchez-Carrillo, S., García-Moyano, A., Borchert, E. , Almendral, D., Alonso, S., Cea-Rama, I., Miguez, N., Larsen, O., Werner, J., Makarova, K. S., Plou, F. J., Dahlgren, T. G., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Hentschel, U. , Bjerga, G. E. K. and Ferrer, M. (2021) The bone-degrading enzyme machinery: From multi-component understanding to the treatment of residues from the meat industry. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 19 . pp. 6328-6342. DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.027.

Fieseler, L., Hentschel, U. , Grozdanov, L., Schirmer, A., Wen, G., Platzer, M., Hrvatin, S., Butzke, D., Zimmermann, K. and Piel, J. (2007) Widespread Occurrence and Genomic Context of Unusually Small Polyketide Synthase Genes in Microbial Consortia Associated with Marine Sponges. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 (7). pp. 2144-2155. DOI 10.1128/AEM.02260-06.

Fieseler, L., Horn, M., Wagner, M. and Hentschel, U. (2004) Discovery of the Novel Candidate Phylum "Poribacteria" in Marine Sponges. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (6). pp. 3724-3732. DOI 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3724-3732.2004.

Fieseler, L., Quaiser, A., Schleper, C. and Hentschel Humeida, U. (2006) Analysis of the first genome fragment from the marine sponge-associated, novel candidate phylum Poribacteria by environmental genomics. Environmental Microbiology, 8 (4). pp. 612-624. DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00937.x.

Franke, A., Blenckner, T., Duarte, C. M., Ott, K., Fleming, L. E., Antia, A., Reusch, T. B. H. , Bertram, C., Hein, J., Kronfeld-Goharani, U., Dierking, J. , Kuhn, A., Sato, C., van Doorn, E., Wall, M., Schartau, M. , Karez, R., Crowder, L., Keller, D. P. , Engel, A. , Hentschel, U. and Prigge, E. (2020) Operationalizing Ocean Health: Toward Integrated Research on Ocean Health and Recovery to Achieve Ocean Sustainability. One Earth, 2 (6). pp. 557-565. DOI 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.013.

Friedrich, A. B., Fischer, I., Proksch, P., Hacker, J. and Hentschel, U. (2001) Temporal variation of the microbial community associated with the mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 38 (2-3). pp. 105-115. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00888.x.

Friedrich, A. B., Merkert, H., Fendert, T., Hacker, J., Proksch, P. and Hentschel, U. (1999) Microbial diversity in the marine sponge Aplysina cavernicola (formerly Verongia cavernicola) analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Marine Biology, 134 (3). pp. 461-470. DOI 10.1007/s002270050562.

Galarza–Verkovitch, D., Turak, O., Wiese, J. , Rahn, T., Hentschel, U. and Borchert, E. (2023) Bioprospecting for polyesterase activity relevant for PET degradation in marine Enterobacterales isolates. AIMS Microbiology, 9 (3). pp. 518-539. DOI 10.3934/microbiol.2023027.

Gernert, C., Glöckner, F. O., Krohne, G. and Hentschel, U. (2005) Microbial Diversity of the Freshwater Sponge Spongilla lacustris. Microbial Ecology, 50 (2). pp. 206-212. DOI 10.1007/s00248-004-0172-x.

Giles, E. C., Kamke, J., Moitinho-Silva, L., Taylor, M. W., Hentschel, U. , Ravasi, T. and Schmitt, S. (2013) Bacterial community profiles in low microbial abundance sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 83 (1). pp. 232-241. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01467.x.

Glaeser, S. P., Rückert, C. , Abdelmohsen, U. R. , Winkler, A., Blom, J. , Goesmann, A. , Kalinowski, J. , Hentschel, U. , Busse, H. J. and Kämpfer, P. (2021) Streptomyces dysideae sp. nov., isolated from a marine Mediterranean sponge Dysidea tupha. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71 (3). Art.Nr. 004672. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004672.

Gloeckner, V., Hentschel, U. , Ereskovsky, A. V. and Schmitt, S. (2013) Unique and species-specific microbial communities in Oscarella lobularis and other Mediterranean Oscarella species (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha). Marine Biology, 160 (4). pp. 781-791. DOI 10.1007/s00227-012-2133-0.

Gloeckner, V., Lindquist, N., Schmitt, S. and Hentschel, U. (2013) Ectyoplasia ferox, an Experimentally Tractable Model for Vertical Microbial Transmission in Marine Sponges. Microbial Ecology, 65 (2). pp. 462-474. DOI 10.1007/s00248-012-0142-7.

Gloeckner, V., Wehrl, M., Moitinho-Silva, L., Gernert, C., Schupp, P. J., Pawlik, J. R., Lindquist, N. L., Erpenbeck, D., Wörheide, G. and Hentschel, U. (2014) The HMA-LMA dichotomy revisited: an electronmicroscopical survey of 56 sponge species. Biological Bulletin, 227 (1). pp. 78-88. DOI 10.1086/BBLv227n1p78.

Grkovic, T., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Othman, E. M., Stopper, H., Edrada-Ebel, R., Hentschel, U. and Quinn, R. J. (2014) Two new antioxidant actinosporin analogues from the calcium alginate beads culture of sponge-associated Actinokineospora sp. strain EG49. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24 (21). pp. 5089-5092. DOI 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.08.068.

Grozdanov, L. and Hentschel, U. (2007) An environmental genomics perspective on the diversity and function of marine sponge-associated microbiota. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 10 (3). pp. 215-220. DOI 10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.012.

Hacker, J., Hentschel, U. and Dobrindt, U. (2003) Prokaryotic Chromosomes and Disease. Science, 301 (5634). pp. 790-793. DOI 10.1126/science.1086802.

Harjes, J., Ryu, T., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Moitinho-Silva, L., Horn, H., Ravasi, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Draft Genome Sequence of the Antitrypanosomally Active Sponge-Associated Bacterium Actinokineospora sp. Strain EG49. Genome Announcements, 2 (2). e00160-14. DOI 10.1128/genomeA.00160-14.

Heithoff, D. M., Conner, C. P., Hanna, P. C., Julio, S. M., Hentschel, U. and Mahan, J. M. (1997) Bacterial infection as assessed by in vivo gene expression. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94 (3). pp. 934-939. DOI 10.1073/pnas.94.3.934.

Heithoff, D. M., Conner, C. P., Hentschel, U. , Govantes, F., Hanna, P. C. and Mahan, M. J. (1999) Coordinate Intracellular Expression of Salmonella Genes Induced during Infection. Journal of Bacteriology, 181 (3). pp. 799-807.

Helber, S. B. , Steinert, G. , Wu, Y. C., Rohde, S., Hentschel, U. , Muhando, C. A. and Schupp, P. J. (2019) Sponges from Zanzibar host diverse prokaryotic communities with potential for natural product synthesis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95 (4). fiz026. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiz026.

Hentschel, U. (2021) Harnessing the power of host–microbe symbioses to address grand challenges. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 19 (10). pp. 615-616. DOI 10.1038/s41579-021-00619-3.

Hentschel, U. (2004) Microbial diversity of marine sponges. Bollettino dei musei e degli istituti biologici dell'Università di Genova, 68 . pp. 365-372.

Hentschel, U. (2002) Natural Products from Marine Microorganisms. ChemBioChem, 3 (11). pp. 1151-1154. DOI 10.1002/1439-7633(20021104)3:11<1151::AID-CBIC1151>3.0.CO;2-5.

Hentschel, U. and Felbeck, H. (1995) Nitrate respiration in chemoautotrophic symbionts of the bivalve Lucinoma aequizonata is not regulated by oxygen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 61 (4). pp. 1630-1633.

Hentschel, U. and Felbeck, H. (1993) Nitrate respiration in the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila. Nature, 366 (6453). pp. 338-340. DOI 10.1038/366338a0.

Hentschel, U. , Berger, E. C., Bright, M., Felbeck, H. and Ott, J. A. (1999) Metabolism of nitrogen and sulfur in ectosymbiotic bacteria of marine nematodes (Nematoda, Stilbonematinae). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 183 . pp. 149-158. DOI 10.3354/meps183149.

Hentschel, U. , Cary, S. C. and Felbeck, H. (1993) Nitrate respiration in chemoautotrophic symbionts of the bivalve Lucinoma aequizonata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 94 . pp. 35-41.

Hentschel, U. , Dobrindt, U. and Steinert, M. (2003) Commensal bacteria make a difference. Trends in Microbiology, 11 (4). pp. 148-150. DOI 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00038-6.

Hentschel, U. , Hand, S. and Felbeck, H. (1996) The contribution of nitrate respiration to the energy budget of the symbiotic clam Lucinoma aequizonata: a calorimetric study. Journal of Experimental Biology, 199 . pp. 427-433.

Hentschel, U. , Hopke, J., Horn, M., Friedrich, A. B., Wagner, M., Hacker, J. and Moore, B. S. (2002) Molecular Evidence for a Uniform Microbial Community in Sponges from Different Oceans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68 (9). pp. 4431-4440. DOI 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4431-4440.2002.

Hentschel, U. , Millikan, D. S., Arndt, C., Cary, S. C. and Felbeck, H. (2000) Phenotypic variations in the gills of the symbiont-containing bivalve Lucinoma aequizonata. Marine Biology, 136 (4). pp. 633-643. DOI 10.1007/s002270050723.

Hentschel, U. , Piel, J., Degnan, S. M. and Taylor, M. W. (2012) Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 10 (9). pp. 641-654. DOI 10.1038/nrmicro2839.

Hentschel, U. , Schmid, M., Wagner, M., Fieseler, L., Gernert, C. and Hacker, J. (2001) Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of bacteria with antimicrobial activities from the Mediterranean sponges Aplysina aerophoba and Aplysina cavernicola. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 35 (3). pp. 305-312. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00816.x.

Hentschel, U. , Steinert, M. and Hacker, J. (2000) Common molecular mechanisms of symbiosis and pathogenesis. Trends in Microbiology, 8 (5). pp. 226-231. DOI 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01758-3.

Hentschel, U. and Bringmann, G. (2010) Marine Schwämme: Füllhorne der Meere. Suche nach neuen Wirkstoffen aus der Natur. Pharmazie in unserer Zeit, 39 (1). pp. 62-66. DOI 10.1002/pauz.201000354.

Hentschel, U. and Hacker, J. (2001) Pathogenicity islands: the tip of the iceberg. Microbes and Infection, 3 (7). pp. 545-548. DOI 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01410-1.

Hentschel, U. and Steinert, M. (2001) Symbiosis and pathogenesis: common themes, different outcomes. Trends in Microbiology, 9 (12). p. 585. DOI 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02260-0.

Hentschel, U. , Usher, K. M. and Taylor, M. W. (2006) Marine sponges as microbial fermenters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 55 (2). pp. 167-177. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00046.x.

Hentschel, U. , Pospesel, M. A. and Felbeck, H. (1998) Evidence for a nitrate uptake mechanism in the hydrothermal vent tube-worm Riftia pachyptila. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 39 (3). pp. 301-304. DOI 10.21411/CBM.A.F6C719A0.

Hertiani, T., Edrada-Ebel, R., Ortlepp, S., van Soest, R. W. M., de Voogd, N. J., Wray, V., Hentschel, U. , Kozytska, S., Müller, W. E. G. and Proksch, P. (2010) From anti-fouling to biofilm inhibition: New cytotoxic secondary metabolites from two Indonesian Agelas sponges. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 18 (3). pp. 1297-1311. DOI 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.12.028.

Hildebrand, F. , Moitinho-Silva, L., Blasche, S., Jahn, M. T. , Gossmann, T. I., Heuerta-Cepas, J., Hercog, R., Luetge, M., Bahram, M., Pryszlak, A., Alves, R. J., Waszak, S. M., Zhu, A., Ye, L., Costea, P. I., Aalvink, S., Belzer, C., Forslund, S. K. , Sunagawa, S., Hentschel, U. , Merten, C., Patil, K. R., Benes, V. and Bork, P. (2019) Antibiotics-induced monodominance of a novel gut bacterial order. Gut, 68 (10). pp. 1781-1790. DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317715.

Hochmuth, T., Niederkrüger, H., Gernert, C., Siegl, A., Taudien, S., Platzer, M., Crews, P., Hentschel, U. and Piel, J. (2010) Linking Chemical and Microbial Diversity in Marine Sponges: Possible Role for Poribacteria as Producers of Methyl-Branched Fatty Acids. ChemBioChem, 11 (18). pp. 2572-2578. DOI 10.1002/cbic.201000510.

Hoffmann, F., Roy, H., Bayer, K. , Hentschel, U. , Pfannkuchen, M., Brümmer, F. and de Beer, D. (2008) Oxygen dynamics and transport in the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Marine Biology, 153 (6). pp. 1257-1264. DOI 10.1007/s00227-008-0905-3.

Horna-Gray, I., Lopez, N. A., Ahn, Y., Saks, B., Girer, N., Hentschel, U. , McCarthy, P. J., Kerkhof, L. J. and Häggblom, M. M. (2022) Desulfoluna spp. form a cosmopolitan group of anaerobic dehalogenating bacteria widely distributed in marine sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98 (7). Art.Nr. fiac063. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiac063.

Horn, H., Cheng, C., Edrada-Ebel, R., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2015) Draft genome sequences of three chemically rich actinomycetes isolated from Mediterranean sponges. Marine Genomics, 24 (3). pp. 285-287. DOI 10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.003.

Horn, H., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2015) Mining Genomes of Three Marine Sponge-Associated Actinobacterial Isolates for Secondary Metabolism. Genome Announcements, 3 (5). e01106-15. DOI 10.1128/genomeA.01106-15.

Horn, H., Keller, A., Hildebrandt, U., Kämpfer, P., Riederer, M. and Hentschel, U. (2016) Draft genome of the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere bacterium, Williamsia sp. ARP1. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 11 (1). Artikel 8. DOI 10.1186/s40793-015-0122-x.

Horn, H., Slaby, B. M. , Jahn, M. T., Bayer, K. , Moitinho-Silva, L., Förster, F., Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Hentschel, U. (2016) An Enrichment of CRISPR and Other Defense-Related Features in Marine Sponge-Associated Microbial Metagenomes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 (1751). DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01751.

Jahn, M. , Markert, S. M., Ryu, T., Ravasi, T., Stigloher, C., Hentschel, U. and Moitinho-Silva, L. (2016) Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling. Scientific Reports, 6 . Art. No. 35860. DOI 10.1038/srep35860.

Jahn, M. T. , Arkhipova, K., Markert, S. M., Stigloher, C., Lachnit, T., Pita, L. , Kupczok, A., Ribes, M., Stengel, S. T., Rosenstiel, P., Dutilh, B. E. and Hentschel, U. (2019) A Phage Protein Aids Bacterial Symbionts in Eukaryote Immune Evasion. Cell Host & Microbe, 26 (4). 542-550.e5. DOI 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019.

Jahn, M. T. , Lachnit, T. , Markert, S. M., Stigloher, C. , Pita Galan, L. , Ribes, M., Dutilh, B. E. and Hentschel, U. (2021) Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy. The ISME Journal, 15 . pp. 2001-2011. DOI 10.1038/s41396-021-00900-6.

Johnke, J., Fraune, S., Bosch, T. C. G., Hentschel, U. and Schulenburg, H. (2020) Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms Are Predictors of Microbiome Diversity in Distinct Host Groups. Microbial Ecology, 79 (1). pp. 252-257. DOI 10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7.

Kamke, J., Bayer, K. , Woyke, T. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Exploring Symbioses by Single-Cell Genomics. The Biological Bulletin, 223 (1). pp. 30-43.

Kamke, J., Rinke, C., Schwientek, P., Mavromatis, K., Ivanova, N., Sczyrba, A., Woyke, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) The Candidate Phylum Poribacteria by Single-Cell Genomics: New Insights into Phylogeny, Cell-Compartmentation, Eukaryote-Like Repeat Proteins, and Other Genomic Features. PLoS ONE, 9 (1). e87353. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0087353.

Kamke, J., Sczyrba, A., Ivanova, N., Schwientek, P., Rinke, C., Mavromatis, K., Woyke, T. and Hentschel, U. (2013) Single-cell genomics reveals complex carbohydrate degradation patterns in poribacterial symbionts of marine sponges. The ISME Journal, 7 (12). pp. 2287-2300. DOI 10.1038/ismej.2013.111.

Kämpfer, P., Busse, H. J., Horn, H., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Hentschel, U. and Glaeser, S. (2016) Williamsia herbipolensis sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66 (11). pp. 4609-4613. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001398.

Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S. P., Busse, H. J., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Ahmed, S. and Hentschel, U. (2015) Actinokineospora spheciospongiae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65 (Pt 3). pp. 879-884. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.000031.

Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S. P., Busse, H. J., Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Rubrobacter aplysinae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64 (Pt 3). pp. 705-709. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.055152-0.

Karimi, E. , Keller-Costa, T. , Slaby, B. M. , Cox, C. J. , da Rocha, U. N., Hentschel, U. and Costa, R. (2019) Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivatable Alphaproteobacteria. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). Art.Nr. 1999. DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x.

Karimi, E., Slaby, B. M. , Soares, A. R., Blom, J., Hentschel, U. and Costa, R. (2018) Metagenomic binning reveals versatile nutrient cycling and distinct adaptive features in alphaproteobacterial symbionts of marine sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94 (6). fiy074. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiy074.

Krückert, K., Flachsbarth, B., Schulz, S., Hentschel, U. and Weldon, P. J. (2006) Ethyl-Branched Aldehydes, Ketones, and Diketones from Caimans (CaimanandPaleosuchus; Crocodylia, Reptilia). Journal of Natural Products, 69 (6). pp. 863-870. DOI 10.1021/np0600797.

Kusari, S., Lamshöft, M., Kusari, P., Gottfried, S., Zühlke, S., Louven, K., Hentschel, U. , Kayser, O. and Spiteller, M. (2014) Endophytes Are Hidden Producers of Maytansine in Putterlickia Roots. Journal of Natural Products, 77 (12). pp. 2577-2584. DOI 10.1021/np500219a.

Lafi, F. F., Fuerst, J. A., Fieseler, L., Engels, C., Goh, W. W. L. and Hentschel, U. (2009) Widespread Distribution of Poribacteria in Demospongiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (17). pp. 5695-5699. DOI 10.1128/AEM.00035-09.

Laroche, M., Imperatore, C., Grozdanov, L., Costantino, V., Mangoni, A., Hentschel, U. and Fattorusso, E. (2007) Cellular localisation of secondary metabolites isolated from the Caribbean sponge Plakortis simplex. Marine Biology, 151 (4). pp. 1365-1373. DOI 10.1007/s00227-006-0572-1.

Li, Z., Hentschel, U. , Webster, N., Olson, J. and Häggblom, M. (2020) Editorial: special issue on sponge microbiome. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96 (5). fiaa075. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiaa075.

Macintyre, L., Zhang, T., Viegelmann, C., Martinez, I., Cheng, C., Dowdells, C., Abdelmohsen, U., Gernert, C., Hentschel, U. and Edrada-Ebel, R. (2014) Metabolomic Tools for Secondary Metabolite Discovery from Marine Microbial Symbionts. Marine Drugs, 12 (6). pp. 3416-3448. DOI 10.3390/md12063416.

Maldonado, M., López-Acosta, M., Busch, K. , Slaby, B. M. , Bayer, K. , Beazley, L., Hentschel, U. , Kenchington, E. and Rapp, H. T. (2021) A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 . Art.Nr. 638505. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2021.638505.

Marulanda-Gomez, A. M., Bayer, K. , Pita, L. and Hentschel, U. (2023) A novel in-vivo phagocytosis assay to gain cellular insights on spongemicrobe interactions. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 . Art.Nr. 1176145. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2023.1176145.

Marulanda-Gomez, A. M., Ribes, M., Franzenburg, S., Hentschel, U. and Pita, L. (2024) Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia. BMC Genomics, 25 (1). Art.Nr. 674. DOI 10.1186/s12864-024-10548-z.

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Mitova, M., Tommonaro, G., Hentschel, U. , Müller, W. E. G. and De Rosa, S. (2004) Exocellular Cyclic Dipeptides from a Ruegeria Strain Associated with Cell Cultures of Suberites domuncula. Marine Biotechnology, 6 (1). pp. 95-103. DOI 10.1007/s10126-003-0018-4.

Moitinho-Silva, L., Bayer, K. , Cannistraci, C. V., Giles, E. C., Ryu, T., Seridi, L., Ravasi, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Specificity and transcriptional activity of microbiota associated with low and high microbial abundance sponges from the Red Sea. Molecular Ecology, 23 (6). pp. 1348-1363. DOI 10.1111/mec.12365.

Moitinho-Silva, L., Nielsen, S., Amir, A., Gonzalez, A., Ackermann, G. L., Cerrano, C., Astudillo-Garcia, C., Easson, C., Sipkema, D., Liu, F., Steinert, G., Kotoulas, G., McCormack, G. P., Feng, G., Bell, J. J., Vicente, J., Björk, J. R., Montoya, J. M., Olson, J. B., Reveillaud, J., Steindler, L., Pineda, M. C., Marra, M. V., Ilan, M., Taylor, M. W., Polymenakou, P., Erwin, P. M., Schupp, P. J., Simister, R. L., Knight, R., Thacker, R. W., Costa, R., Hill, R. T., Lopez-Legentil, S., Dailianis, T., Ravasi, T., Hentschel, U. , Li, Z., Webster, N. S. and Thomas, T. (2017) The sponge microbiome project. GigaScience, 6 (8). DOI 10.1093/gigascience/gix077.

Moitinho-Silva, L., Seridi, L., Ryu, T., Voolstra, C. R., Ravasi, T. and Hentschel, U. (2014) Revealing microbial functional activities in the Red Sea sponge Stylissa carteriby metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiology, 16 (12). pp. 3683-3698. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.12533.

Moitinho-Silva, L., Steinert, G., Nielsen, S., Hardoim, C. C., Wu, Y. C., McCormack, G. P., Lopez-Legentil, S., Marchant, R., Webster, N., Thomas, T. and Hentschel, U. (2017) Predicting the HMA-LMA status in marine sponges by machine learning. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 (Art.No. 752). DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00752.

Morganti, T. M., Slaby, B. , de Kluijver, A., Busch, K., Hentschel, U. , Middelburg, J. J., Grotheer, H., Mollenhauer, G., Dannheim, J., Rapp, H. T., Purser, A. and Boetius, A. (2022) Giant sponge grounds of Central Arctic seamounts are associated with extinct seep life. Nature Communications, 13 (1). Art.Nr. 638. DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-28129-7.

Müller, W. E. G., Grebenjuk, V. A., Le Pennec, G., Schröder, H. C., Brümmer, F., Hentschel, U. , Müller, I. M. and Breter, H. J. (2004) Sustainable Production of Bioactive Compounds by Sponges? Cell Culture and Gene Cluster Approach: A Review. Marine Biotechnology, 6 (2). DOI 10.1007/s10126-002-0098-6.

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Ngwa, C. J., Glöckner, V., Abdelmohsen, U. R., Scheuermayer, M., Fischer, R., Hentschel, U. and Pradel, G. (2013) 16S rRNA Gene-Based Identification of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Flavobacteriales: Flavobacteriaceae) as a Dominant Midgut Bacterium of the Asian Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi (Dipteria: Culicidae) With Antimicrobial Activities. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50 (2). pp. 404-414. DOI 10.1603/ME12180.

Oli, S., Abdelmohsen, U., Hentschel, U. and Schirmeister, T. (2014) Identification of Plakortide E from the Caribbean Sponge Plakortis halichondroides as a Trypanocidal Protease Inhibitor using Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation. Marine Drugs, 12 (5). pp. 2614-2622. DOI 10.3390/md12052614.

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Pabel, C. T., Vater, J., Wilde, C., Franke, P., Hofemeister, J., Adler, B., Bringmann, G., Hacker, J. and Hentschel, U. (2003) Antimicrobial Activities and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Bacillus Isolates from the Marine Sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Marine Biotechnology, 5 (5). pp. 424-434. DOI 10.1007/s10126-002-0088-8.

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Peixoto, R. S., Voolstra, C. R., Sweet, M., Duarte, C. M., Carvalho, S., Villela, H., Lunshof, J. E., Gram, L., Woodhams, D. C., Walter, J., Roik, A., Hentschel, U. , Thurber, R. V., Daisley, B., Ushijima, B., Daffonchio, D., Costa, R., Keller-Costa, T., Bowman, J. S., Rosado, A. S., Reid, G., Mason, C. E., Walke, J. B., Thomas, T. and Berg, G. (2022) Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss. Nature Microbiology, 7 . pp. 1726-1735. DOI 10.1038/s41564-022-01173-1.

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Piel, J., Hrvatin, S., Gurgui, C., Fisch, K., Butzke, D., Fieseler, L., Hentschel, U. , Wen, G. and Platzer, M. (2007) Exploring the biomedical potential of uncultivated bacterial symbionts by metagenomic techniques. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 146 (4). S219. DOI 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.478.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Buback, V., Gulder, T. A. M., Bugni, T. S., Reppart, J., Bringmann, G., Ireland, C. M., Schirmeister, T. and Hentschel, U. (2011) New Tetromycin Derivatives with Anti-Trypanosomal and Protease Inhibitory Activities. Marine Drugs, 9 (12). pp. 1682-1697. DOI 10.3390/md9101682.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Grozdanov, L., Proksch, S. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Diversity of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Genes in the Microbial Metagenomes of Marine Sponges. Marine Drugs, 10 (12). pp. 1192-1202. DOI 10.3390/md10061192.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Gulder, T. A. M., Hentschel, U. and Bringmann, G. (2008) Cebulactams A1 and A2, new macrolactams isolated from Saccharopolyspora cebuensis, the first obligate marine strain of the genus Saccharopolyspora. Tetrahedron Letters, 49 (48). pp. 6889-6892. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.09.094.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Kozytska, S., Bugni, T. S., Ireland, C. M., Moll, H. and Hentschel, U. (2010) Anti-Parasitic Compounds from Streptomyces sp. Strains Isolated from Mediterranean Sponges. Marine Drugs, 8 (2). pp. 373-380. DOI 10.3390/md8020373.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Scheuermayer, M., Kozytska, S. and Hentschel, U. (2009) Streptomyces axinellae sp. nov., isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides (Porifera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59 (6). pp. 1433-1437. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.007856-0.

Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Tiro, L. P., Grozdanov, L. and Hentschel, U. (2008) Saccharopolyspora cebuensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a Philippine sponge (Porifera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58 (3). pp. 628-632. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.64971-0.

Pimentel-Elardo, S., Wehrl, M., Friedrich, A. B., Jensen, P. R. and Hentschel, U. (2003) Isolation of planctomycetes from Aplysina sponges. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 33 . pp. 239-245. DOI 10.3354/ame033239.

Pita Galan, L. , Hoeppner, M. P., Ribes, M. and Hentschel, U. (2018) Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). Art.Nr. 16081. DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w.

Pita, L. , Fraune, S. and Hentschel, U. (2016) Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 . p. 2102. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102.

Pita, L. , Rix, L., Slaby, B. M. , Franke, A. and Hentschel, U. (2018) The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems. Microbiome, 6 (1). Art.Nr. 46. DOI 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1.

Pospesel, M. A., Hentschel, U. and Felbeck, H. (1998) Determination of nitrate in the blood of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila using a bacterial nitrate reduction assay. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 45 (12). pp. 2189-2200. DOI 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00054-5.

Rausch, P., Rühlemann, M., Hermes, B. M., Doms, S., Dagan, T., Dierking, K., Domin, H., Fraune, S., von Frieling, J., Hentschel, U. , Heinsen, F. A., Höppner, M., Jahn, M. T. , Jaspers, C. , Kissoyan, K. A. B., Langfeldt, D., Rehman, A., Reusch, T. B. H. , Roeder, T., Schmitz, R. A., Schulenburg, H., Soluch, R., Sommer, F., Stukenbrock, E., Weiland-Bräuer, N., Rosenstiel, P., Franke, A., Bosch, T. and Baines, J. F. (2019) Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms. Microbiome, 7 (1). Art.Nr. 133. DOI 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1.

Reimer, A., Blohm, A., Quack, T., Grevelding, C. G., Kozjak-Pavlovic, V., Rudel, T., Hentschel, U. and Abdelmohsen, U. R. (2015) Inhibitory activities of the marine streptomycete-derived compound SF2446A2 against Chlamydia trachomatis and Schistosoma mansoni. The Journal of Antibiotics, 68 (11). pp. 674-679. DOI 10.1038/ja.2015.54.

Reisberg, E. E., Hildebrandt, U., Riederer, M. and Hentschel, U. (2013) Distinct Phyllosphere Bacterial Communities on Arabidopsis Wax Mutant Leaves. PLoS ONE, 8 (11). e78613. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0078613.

Reisberg, E. E., Hildebrandt, U., Riederer, M. and Hentschel, U. (2012) Phyllosphere bacterial communities of trichome-bearing and trichomeless Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 101 (3). pp. 551-560. DOI 10.1007/s10482-011-9669-8.

Reusch, T. B. H. , Schubert, P. R. , Marten, S. M., Gill, D., Karez, R., Busch, K. and Hentschel, U. (2021) Lower Vibrio spp. abundances in Zostera marina leaf canopies suggest a novel ecosystem function for temperate seagrass beds. Marine Biology, 168 (10). Art.Nr. 149. DOI 10.1007/s00227-021-03963-3.

Rix, L. , Ribes, M., Coma, R., Jahn, M. T. , de Goeij, J. M. , van Oevelen, D. , Escrig, S., Meibom, A. and Hentschel, U. (2020) Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses. The ISME Journal, 14 . pp. 2554-2567. DOI 10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3.

Rubin-Blum, M. , Antony, C. P., Sayavedra, L., Martínez-Pérez, C. , Birgel, D., Peckmann, J. , Wu, Y. C., Cardenas, P. , MacDonald, I., Marcon, Y. , Sahling, H., Hentschel, U. and Dubilier, N. (2019) Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts. The ISME Journal, 13 (5). pp. 1209-1225. DOI 10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7.

Ryu, T., Seridi, L., Moitinho-Silva, L., Oates, M., Liew, Y. J., Mavromatis, C., Wang, X., Haywood, A., Lafi, F. F., Kupresanin, M., Sougrat, R., Alzahrani, M. A., Giles, E., Ghosheh, Y., Schunter, C., Baumgarten, S., Berumen, M. L., Gao, X., Aranda, M., Foret, S., Gough, J., Voolstra, C. R., Hentschel, U. and Ravasi, T. (2016) Hologenome analysis of two marine sponges with different microbiomes. BMC Genomics, 17 (1). Art.No.: 158. DOI 10.1186/s12864-016-2501-0.

Scheuermayer, M., Gulder, T. A. M., Bringmann, G. and Hentschel, U. (2006) Rubritalea marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine representative of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from a sponge (Porifera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56 (9). pp. 2119-2124. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.64360-0.

Schmittmann, L. , Rahn, T., Busch, K. , Fraune, S., Pita, L. and Hentschel, U. (2022) Stability of a dominant sponge‐symbiont in spite of antibiotic‐induced microbiome disturbance. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (12). pp. 6392-6410. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.16249.

Schmitt, S., Angermeier, H., Schiller, R., Lindquist, N. and Hentschel, U. (2008) Molecular Microbial Diversity Survey of Sponge Reproductive Stages and Mechanistic Insights into Vertical Transmission of Microbial Symbionts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74 (24). pp. 7694-7708. DOI 10.1128/AEM.00878-08.

Schmitt, S., Hentschel, U. and Taylor, M. W. (2012) Deep sequencing reveals diversity and community structure of complex microbiota in five Mediterranean sponges. Hydrobiologia, 687 (1). pp. 341-351. DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0799-9.

Schmitt, S., Hentschel, U. , Zea, S., Dandekar, T. and Wolf, M. (2005) ITS-2 and 18S rRNA Gene Phylogeny of Aplysinidae (Verongida, Demospongiae). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 60 (3). pp. 327-336. DOI 10.1007/s00239-004-0162-0.

Schmitt, S., Tsai, P., Bell, J., Fromont, J., Ilan, M., Lindquist, N., Perez, T., Rodrigo, A., Schupp, P. J., Vacelet, J., Webster, N., Hentschel, U. and Taylor, M. W. (2012) Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges. The ISME Journal, 6 (3). pp. 564-576. DOI 10.1038/ismej.2011.116.

Schmitt, S., Wehrl, M., Bayer, K. , Siegl, A. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Marine sponges as models for commensal microbe-host interactions. Symbiosis, 44 . pp. 43-50.

Schmitt, S., Weisz, J. B., Lindquist, N. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Vertical Transmission of a Phylogenetically Complex Microbial Consortium in the Viviparous Sponge Ircinia felix. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 (7). pp. 2067-2078. DOI 10.1128/AEM.01944-06.

Seemann, P., Gernert, C., Schmitt, S., Mebs, D. and Hentschel, U. (2009) Detection of hemolytic bacteria from Palythoa caribaeorum (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) using a novel palytoxin-screening assay. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 96 (4). pp. 405-411. DOI 10.1007/s10482-009-9353-4.

Sieber, M. , Pita, L. , Weiland-Bräuer, N. , Dirksen, P., Wang, J., Mortzfeld, B. , Franzenburg, S. , Schmitz, R. A., Baines, J. F., Fraune, S., Hentschel, U. , Schulenburg, H., Bosch, T. C. G. and Traulsen, A. (2019) Neutrality in the Metaorganism. PLOS Biology, 17 (6). Art.Nr. e3000298. DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298.

Siegl, A. and Hentschel, U. (2010) PKS and NRPS gene clusters from microbial symbiont cells of marine sponges by whole genome amplification. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2 (4). pp. 507-513. DOI 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00057.x.

Siegl, A., Bayer, K. , Kozytska, S., Hentschel, U. and Schmitt, S. (2008) Sponges and microbes - new frontiers in an ancient symbiosis . Vie et Milieu, 58 (2). pp. 165-174.

Siegl, A., Kamke, J., Hochmuth, T., Piel, J., Richter, M., Liang, C., Dandekar, T. and Hentschel, U. (2011) Single-cell genomics reveals the lifestyle of Poribacteria, a candidate phylum symbiotically associated with marine sponges. The ISME Journal, 5 (1). pp. 61-70. DOI 10.1038/ismej.2010.95.

Slaby, B. M. and Hentschel, U. (2017) Draft Genome Sequences of "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum," Cyanobacterial Symbionts of the Mediterranean Sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Genome Announcements, 5 (17). e00268-17. DOI 10.1128/genomeA.00268-17.

Slaby, B. M. , Hackl, T., Horn, H., Bayer, K. and Hentschel, U. (2017) Metagenomic binning of a marine sponge microbiome reveals unity in defense but metabolic specialization. The ISME Journal, 11 (11). pp. 2465-2478. DOI 10.1038/ismej.2017.101.

Steger, D., Ettinger-Epstein, P., Whalan, S., Hentschel, U. , de Nys, R., Wagner, M. and Taylor, M. W. (2008) Diversity and mode of transmission of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges. Environmental Microbiology, 10 (4). pp. 1087-1094. DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01515.x.

Steiner, L. X. , Schmittmann, L. , Rahn, T., Lachnit, T., Jahn, M. T. and Hentschel, U. (2024) Phage-induced disturbance of a marine sponge microbiome. Environmental Microbiome, 19 (1). Art.Nr.: 97. DOI 10.1186/s40793-024-00637-7.

Steiner, L. X. , Wiese, J. , Rahn, T., Borchert, E. , Slaby, B. M. and Hentschel, U. (2024) Maribacter halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea, displays features of a sponge-associated life style. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 117 . Art.Nr. 56. DOI 10.1007/s10482-024-01950-4.

Steinert, G., Busch, K., Bayer, K. , Kodami, S., Arbizu, P. M., Kelly, M., Mills, S., Erpenbeck, D., Dohrmann, M., Wörheide, G., Hentschel, U. and Schupp, P. J. (2020) Compositional and quantitative insights into bacterial and archaeal communities of South Pacific deep-sea sponges (Demospongiae and Hexactinellida. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 . Art.Nr. 716. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00716.

Steinert, M., Hentschel, U. and Hacker, J. (2002) Legionella pneumophila: an aquatic microbe goes astray. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 26 (2). pp. 149-162. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2002.tb00607.x.

Steinert, M., Hentschel, U. and Hacker, J. (2000) Symbiosis and Pathogenesis: Evolution of the Microbe-Host Interaction. Naturwissenschaften, 87 (1). pp. 1-11. DOI 10.1007/s001140050001.

Stenvers, V. I. , Hauss, H. , Bayer, T. , Havermans, C., Hentschel, U. , Schmittmann, L. , Sweetman, A. K. and Hoving, H. J. T. (2023) Experimental mining plumes and ocean warming trigger stress in a deep pelagic jellyfish. Nature Communications, 14 (1). Art.Nr. 7352. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43023-6.

Tabares, P., Degel, B., Schaschke, N., Hentschel, U. and Schirmeister, T. (2012) Identification of the protease inhibitor miraziridine A in the Red sea sponge Theonella swinhoei. Pharmacognosy Research, 4 (1). p. 63. DOI 10.4103/0974-8490.91047.

Tabares, P., Pimentel-Elardo, S. M., Schirmeister, T., Hünig, T. and Hentschel, U. (2011) Anti-protease and Immunomodulatory Activities of Bacteria Associated with Caribbean Sponges. Marine Biotechnology, 13 (5). pp. 883-892. DOI 10.1007/s10126-010-9349-0.

Taboada, S. , Ríos, P., Mitchell, A. , Cranston, A. , Busch, K. , Tonzo, V., Cárdenas, P., Sánchez, F., Leiva, C., Koutsouveli, V., Cristobo, J., Xavier, J. R., Hentschel, U. , Rapp, H. T., Morrow, C., Drewery, J. , Romero, P. E. , Arias, M. B., Whiting, C. and Riesgo, A. (2022) Genetic diversity, gene flow and hybridization in fan-shaped sponges (Phakellia spp.) in the North-East Atlantic deep sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 181 . Art.Nr. 103685. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103685.

Taylor, M. W., Hill, R. T. and Hentschel, U. (2011) Meeting Report: 1st International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology. Marine Biotechnology, 13 (6). pp. 1057-1061. DOI 10.1007/s10126-011-9397-0.

Taylor, M. W., Hill, R. T., Piel, J., Thacker, R. W. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Soaking it up: the complex lives of marine sponges and their microbial associates. The ISME Journal, 1 (3). pp. 187-190. DOI 10.1038/ismej.2007.32.

Taylor, M. W., Thacker, R. W. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Genetics: Evolutionary Insights from Sponges. Science, 316 (5833). pp. 1854-1855. DOI 10.1126/science.1144387.

Thakur, N. L., Hentschel, U. , Krasko, A., Pabel, C. T., Anil, A. C. and Müller, W. E. G. (2003) Antibacterial activity of the sponge Suberites domuncula and its primmorphs: potential basis for epibacterial chemical defense. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 31 . pp. 77-83. DOI 10.3354/ame031077.

Thomas, T., Moitinho-Silva, L., Lurgi, M., Björk, J. R., Easson, C., Astudillo-García, C., Olson, J. B., Erwin, P. M., López-Legentil, S., Luter, H., Chaves-Fonnegra, A., Costa, R., Schupp, P. J., Steindler, L., Erpenbeck, D., Gilbert, J., Knight, R., Ackermann, G., Victor Lopez, J., Taylor, M. W., Thacker, R. W., Montoya, J. M., Hentschel, U. and Webster, N. S. (2016) Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome. Nature Communications, 7 (Art. Nr. 11870). pp. 1-12. DOI 10.1038/ncomms11870.

Thoms, C., Ebel, R., Hentschel, U. and Proksch, P. (2003) Sequestration of Dietary Alkaloids by the Spongivorous Marine Mollusc Tylodina perversa. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, Journal of Biosciences, 58 (5-6). pp. 426-432. DOI 10.1515/znc-2003-5-623.

Thoms, C., Hentschel, U. , Schmitt, S. and Schupp, P. J. (2008) Rapid tissue reduction and recovery in the sponge Aplysinella sp.. Marine Biology, 156 (2). pp. 141-153. DOI 10.1007/s00227-008-1071-3.

Thoms, C., Horn, M., Wagner, W., Hentschel, U. and Proksch, P. (2003) Monitoring microbial diversity and natural product profiles of the sponge Aplysina cavernicola following transplantation. Marine Biology, 142 (4). pp. 685-692. DOI 10.1007/s00227-002-1000-9.

Tora, D., Hentschel, U. , Lips, S., Schmitt-Jansen, M. and Borchert, E. (2023) 16s rRNA gene sequence analysis of the microbial community on microplastic samples from the North Atlantic and Great Pacific Garbage Patches. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 17 (5). pp. 123-138. DOI 10.5897/AJMR2022.9682.

Ulrich, L., Giez, C., Steiner, L. X. , Hentschel, U. and Lachnit, T. (2022) Adaptive lifestyle of bacteria determines phage-bacteria interaction. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 . Art.Nr. 1056388. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1056388.

Utermann, C. , Blümel, M. , Busch, K. , Buedenbender, L. , Lin, Y., Haltli, B. A., Kerr, R. G., Briski, E. , Hentschel, U. and Tasdemir, D. (2020) Comparative Microbiome and Metabolome Analyses of the Marine Tunicate Ciona intestinalis from Native and Invaded Habitats. Microorganisms, 8 (12). Art.Nr. 2022. DOI 10.3390/microorganisms8122022.

Villalobos, A. S., Wiese, J. , Imhoff, J. F. , Dorador, C. , Keller, A. and Hentschel, U. (2019) Systematic Affiliation and Genome Analysis of Subtercola vilae DB165T with Particular Emphasis on Cold Adaptation of an Isolate from a High-Altitude Cold Volcano Lake. Microorganisms, 7 (4). Art.Nr. 107. DOI 10.3390/microorganisms7040107.

von Hoyningen-Huene, A. J. E., Bang, C., Rausch, P., Rühlemann, M., Fokt, H., He, J., Jensen, N., Knop, M., Petersen, C., Schmittmann, L. , Zimmer, T., Baines, J. F., Bosch, T. C. G., Hentschel, U. , Reusch, T. B. H. , Roeder, T., Franke, A., Schulenburg, H., Stukenbrock, E. and Schmitz, R. A. (2024) The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria–archaea interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15 . Art.Nr. 1347422. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1347422.

Wehrl, M., Steinert, M. and Hentschel, U. (2007) Bacterial Uptake by the Marine Sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Microbial Ecology, 53 (2). pp. 355-365. DOI 10.1007/s00248-006-9090-4.

Weisz, J. B., Hentschel, U. , Lindquist, N. and Martens, C. S. (2007) Linking abundance and diversity of sponge-associated microbial communities to metabolic differences in host sponges. Marine Biology, 152 (2). pp. 475-483. DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0708-y.

Wiese, J. , Abdelmohsen, U. R., Motiei, A., Hentschel, U. and Imhoff, J. F. (2018) Bacicyclin, a new antibacterial cyclic hexapeptide from Bacillus sp. strain BC028 isolated from Mytilus edulis. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 28 (4). pp. 558-561. DOI 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.01.062.

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Leys, S. P., Hentschel, U. , Oatley, G., Sinclair, E., Aunin, E., Gettle, N., Santos, C., Paulini, M., Erpenbeck, D., Niu, H. and McKenna, V. (Submitted) The chromosome-level genome sequences of the freshwater sponge, Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) and the chlorophyte cobiont Choricystis sp., and the associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Research, 10 . p. 222. DOI 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23988.1.

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