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Harnessing the sponge microbiome for industrial biocatalysts

Within the marine sphere, host-associated microbiomes are receiving growing attention as prolific sources of novel biocatalysts. Given the known biocatalytic potential of poriferan microbial inhabitants, this ...

Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2020)

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The Living Soil: Biodiversity and Functions

Soil biodiversity encompasses an enormous array of life on the planet. Soil organisms are essential for most processes and functions in the soil. Soil biological knowledge is critical for understanding functio...

Olaf Schmidt, Tom Bolger, Rachel Creamer, Fiona Brennan… in The Soils of Ireland (2018)

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Psychrophiles as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials

Cold environments such as Arctic and Antarctic regions and the deep sea are richly populated by microbes which encounter the same selective pressures and/or even more than their counterparts from moderate or w...

Erik Borchert, Stephen A. Jackson… in Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotec… (2017)

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Metagenomics as a Tool for Biodiscovery and Enhanced Production of Marine Bioactives

The application of metagenomics technologies to the area of marine bioprospecting and biodiscovery has seen a major advance in our capacity to harness the bioactive potential of the ocean, not least when we co...

F. Jerry Reen, Alan D. W. Dobson, Fergal O’Gara in The Marine Microbiome (2016)

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Marine Invertebrate Animal Metagenomics: Porifera

Jonathan Kennedy, Stephen Jackson, John P. Morrissey… in Encyclopedia of Metagenomics (2015)

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Marine Sponges – Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Marine sponges are an ancient and diverse animal phylum that host well-established symbiotic microbial communities. The vast majority of the microbial genetic diversity in sponges is, however, currently inacce...

Alan D. W. Dobson, Stephen A. Jackson… in Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology (2015)

Living Reference Work Entry In depth

Marine Invertebrate Animal Metagenomics: Porifera

Jonathan Kennedy, Stephen Jackson, John P. Morrissey… in Encyclopedia of Metagenomics

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In situ extraction of RNA from marine-derived fungi associated with the marine sponge, Haliclona simulans

Several different methods were compared to recover a significant quantity of high quality RNA from H. simulans containing RNA of marine-derived fungi. Further processing of the RNA showed that amplification produ...

Paul W. Baker, Alan D. W. Dobson, Julian Marchesi in Mycological Progress (2012)

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Pyrosequencing Reveals Diverse and Distinct Sponge-Specific Microbial Communities in Sponges from a Single Geographical Location in Irish Waters

Marine sponges are host to numerically vast and phylogenetically diverse bacterial communities, with 26 major phyla to date having been found in close association with sponge species worldwide. Analyses of the...

Stephen A. Jackson, Jonathan Kennedy, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O’Gara… in Microbial Ecology (2012)

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Phylogenetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Activities of Fungi Associated with Haliclona simulans Isolated from Irish Coastal Waters

The diversity and antimicrobial activities of 80 fungi isolated from Haliclona simulans were assessed using different fungal media containing either agar or gellum gum. In total, 19 different genotypes were detec...

Paul W. Baker, Jonathan Kennedy, Alan D. W. Dobson… in Marine Biotechnology (2009)

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Isolation and Analysis of Bacteria with Antimicrobial Activities from the Marine Sponge Haliclona simulans Collected from Irish Waters

Samples of the marine sponge Haliclona simulans were collected from Irish coastal waters, and bacteria were isolated from these samples. Phylogenetic analyses of the cultured isolates showed that four different b...

Jonathan Kennedy, Paul Baker, Clare Piper, Paul D. Cotter… in Marine Biotechnology (2009)

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Metagenomic approaches to exploit the biotechnological potential of the microbial consortia of marine sponges

Natural products isolated from sponges are an important source of new biologically active compounds. However, the development of these compounds into drugs has been held back by the difficulties in achieving a...

Jonathan Kennedy, Julian R. Marchesi… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2007)

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Effect of surfactants on fluoranthene degradation by Pseudomonas alcaligenes PA-10

Two surfactants, Tween 80 and JBR, were investigated for their effect on fluoranthene degradation by a Pseudomonad. Both surfactants enhanced fluoranthene degradation by Pseudomonas alcaligenes PA-10 in shake fla...

Anne Marie Hickey, Linda Gordon… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2007)

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Fluoranthene degradation in Pseudomonas alcaligenes PA-10

Pseudomonas alcaligenes strain PA-10 degrades thefour-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fluoranthene, co-metabolically. HPLC analysisof the growth medium identified four intermediates, 9-fluorenone-1-carboxyl...

Linda Gordon, Alan D.W. Dobson in Biodegradation (2001)

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Extracellular ligninolytic enzyme production and polymeric dye decolourization in immobilized cultures of Chrysosporium lignorum CL1

Decolourization of Poly R-478 and Poly S-119 by Chrysosporium lignorum was indicative of lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase activity when the fungus was cultured under static conditions or immobilized ...

Kevin F. Buckley, Alan D.W. Dobson in Biotechnology Letters (1998)

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Microbial Degradation of Alkenylbenzenes

Alkenylbenzenes, such as α-methylstyrene,β-methylstyrene, and styrene, are produced in large quantities by the petrochemical industry (Fig. 1). The majority of studies have concentrated on the simplest of all alk...

Kevin E. O’Connor, Alan D. W. Dobson in Bioremediation Protocols (1997)