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    Microbial and Functional Biodiversity Patterns in Sponges that Accumulate Bromopyrrole Alkaloids Suggest Horizontal Gene Transfer of Halogenase Genes

    Marine sponge holobionts harbor complex microbial communities whose members may be the true producers of secondary metabolites accumulated by sponges. Bromopyrrole alkaloids constitute a typical class of secon...

    Cintia P. J. Rua, Louisi S. de Oliveira, Adriana Froes in Microbial Ecology (2018)

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    Cholesterol depletion induces transcriptional changes during skeletal muscle differentiation

    Myoblasts undergo major changes in their plasma membrane during the initial steps of skeletal muscle differentiation, including major alterations in the distribution of cholesterol. Cholesterol is involved in ...

    Ana CB Possidonio, Milene Miranda, Gustavo B Gregoracci, Fabiano L Thompson in BMC Genomics (2014)

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    Genomic and phenotypic attributes of novel salinivibrios from stromatolites, sediment and water from a high altitude lake

    Salinivibrios are moderately halophilic bacteria found in salted meats, brines and hypersaline environments. We obtained three novel conspecific Salinivibrio strains closely related to S. costicola, from Socompa ...

    Marta F Gorriti, Graciela M Dias, Luciane A Chimetto in BMC Genomics (2014)

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    Metagenomic Analysis of Healthy and White Plague-Affected Mussismilia braziliensis Corals

    Coral health is under threat throughout the world due to regional and global stressors. White plague disease (WP) is one of the most important threats affecting the major reef builder of the Abrolhos Bank in B...

    Gizele D. Garcia, Gustavo B. Gregoracci, Eidy de O. Santos in Microbial Ecology (2013)