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- Cuba's Mesophotic Coral Reefs and Associated Fish Communities.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Gonzalez-Diaz, Patricia, Busutil, Linnet, Farrington, Stephanie, Martínez-Daranas, Beatriz, Cobián Rojas, Dorka, Voss, Joshua, Diaz, Maria Cristina, David, Andrew, Hanisak, M. Dennis, Mendez, Juliett Gonzalez, Garcia Rodriguez, Alain, González-Sanchez, Patricia M., Viamontes Fernandez, Jorge, Estrada Perez, Daniel, Studivan, Michael, Drummond, Felicia, Jiang, Mingshun, Pomponi, Shirley A.
- Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000351
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- Title
- Cruise Report. Cuba's Twilight Zone Reefs: Remotely Operated Vehicle Surveys of Deep/Mesophotic Coral Reefs and Associated Fish Communities of Cuba.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, Gonzalez-Diaz, Patricia, Lopez, Linnet Busutil, Martínez-Daranas, Beatriz, Cobián Rojas, Dorka, Voss, Joshua, Hanisak, M. Dennis, Diaz, Maria Cristina, Jiang, Mingshun, Studivan, Michael, David, Andrew, Drummond, Felicia, Mendez, Juliett Gonzalez, Garcia Rodriguez, Alain, González-Sanchez, Patricia M., Fernández, Jorge Viamontes, Pérez, Daniel Estrada, Horn, Lance, White, Jason, Pomponi, Shirley A.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this research cruise was to discover and characterize, for the first time, the extent of mesophotic reefs along the entire coastline of Cuba, and to compare the health and connectivity (physical, genetic and ecological) among both mesophotic and previously well-characterized shallow reef systems in Cuba, the southeastern United States, and Gulf of Mexico (in particular, the FGBNMS and FKNMS). Moreover, the project will directly address a recommendation in the Report from...
Show moreThe purpose of this research cruise was to discover and characterize, for the first time, the extent of mesophotic reefs along the entire coastline of Cuba, and to compare the health and connectivity (physical, genetic and ecological) among both mesophotic and previously well-characterized shallow reef systems in Cuba, the southeastern United States, and Gulf of Mexico (in particular, the FGBNMS and FKNMS). Moreover, the project will directly address a recommendation in the Report from MarCuba (2015) in which the U.S. and Cuban participants in this project stated their intention to initiate an international collaboration.
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- 2017-10-31
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000226
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- Report Title: Characterization of Mesophotic Coral/Sponge Habitats and Fish Assemblages in the Regions of Pulley Ridge and Tortugas from ROV Dives during R/V Walton Smith Cruises of 2012 to 2015.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, David, Andrew, Harter, Stacey, Moe, Heather, Horn, Lance, Taylor, Glenn, White, Jason, Voss, Joshua, Hanisak, M. Dennis, Diaz, Maria Cristina, Pomponi, Shirley A.
- Abstract/Description
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This report summarizes the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys during four cruises from 2012 to 2015 which characterizes the mesophotic coral reef ecosystems at Pulley Ridge and Tortugas. This research is part of a grant funded by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science award NA11NOS4780045: “Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge - South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem”. The University of Miami ship R/V Walton Smith was used along with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington ...
Show moreThis report summarizes the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys during four cruises from 2012 to 2015 which characterizes the mesophotic coral reef ecosystems at Pulley Ridge and Tortugas. This research is part of a grant funded by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science award NA11NOS4780045: “Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge - South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem”. The University of Miami ship R/V Walton Smith was used along with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) Super Phantom ROV and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF) Mohawk ROV. The cruises were a collaboration of the University of Miami, HBOI-CIOERT, NOAA Fisheries, and the UNCW-CIOERT Undersea Vehicles Program.
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- 2017-04-26
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000227
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- Cellular Basis of Sponge-Sponge Associations.
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- Conkling, Megan, Pomponi, Shirley A., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
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Marine sponges interact and coexist with many different organisms. A two-sponge association between Amphimedon erina and Geodia gibberosa commonly occurs in the Florida Keys. Previous studies have only focused on the ecological influence of the association; they did not examine the cellular basis of the association. This association between A. erina and G. gibberosa was used in the development of an in vitro model to further the understanding of the cellular basis of natural sponge-sponge...
Show moreMarine sponges interact and coexist with many different organisms. A two-sponge association between Amphimedon erina and Geodia gibberosa commonly occurs in the Florida Keys. Previous studies have only focused on the ecological influence of the association; they did not examine the cellular basis of the association. This association between A. erina and G. gibberosa was used in the development of an in vitro model to further the understanding of the cellular basis of natural sponge-sponge associations. In this study, sponge cells were cultured individually and in co-cultures and their responses related to apoptosis, cell death, and proliferation were monitored using high content imaging. Co-cultured cells of species that form sponge-sponge associations did not have the same cellular responses compared to co-cultured cells of species that do not form sponge-sponge associations. Protein expression analyses demonstrated that the model that was established does not mimic the cellular response of the association in nature, but this model can be used to test in vitro cellular interactions of sponge species that do not form associations in nature. In addition, the protein expression data that were obtained revealed that sponges use similar apoptotic pathways as humans and suggest that sponge cells may shut down cell cycling in order to repair damaged DNA. This research is a small piece to the puzzle that is sponge cell culture research.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004848, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004848
- Subject Headings
- Sponges--Habitat--Florida., Marine invertebrates--Florida., Aquatic invertebrates--Cultures and culture media., Apoptosis., Cell culture., Symbiosis.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Discovery of Loxosomella vivipara (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae) in the Marine Sponge Hippospongia cf. gossypina (Porifera: Spongiidae) in the Florida Keys.
- Creator
- Plunkett, Rachel, Pomponi, Shirley A., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Populations of a marine invertebrate symbiont were found on the outer surface and internal spaces of a keratose sponge from a shallow bay in the Florida Keys in May 2014. A total of 24 specimens of the seagrass and reef-dwelling sponge were collected between May 2014 and August 2015 to provide material to identify both host and symbiont, and elucidate information on the nature of the association. Based on a morphological analysis via light microscopy, histology, and scanning electron...
Show morePopulations of a marine invertebrate symbiont were found on the outer surface and internal spaces of a keratose sponge from a shallow bay in the Florida Keys in May 2014. A total of 24 specimens of the seagrass and reef-dwelling sponge were collected between May 2014 and August 2015 to provide material to identify both host and symbiont, and elucidate information on the nature of the association. Based on a morphological analysis via light microscopy, histology, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and 99% similarity in aligned partial sequences from 28S and 18S nuclear ribosomal genes (rDNA), the symbiont was identified as the solitary entoproct Loxosomella vivipara Nielsen, 1966 (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). A partial sequence from the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region 2 (ITS2) of L. vivipara was registered to GenBank for the first time. The identity of the host sponge, based on a morphological investigation, is resolved as “velvet sponge” Hippospongia cf. gossypina Duchassing and Michelotti, 1864 (Demospongiae: Spongiidae). This is the first report of an entoproct commensal from Hippospongia cf. gossypina, a sponge that formerly had great commercial value when it was abundant throughout the Bahamas, Florida Keys and Gulf of Mexico. Other common sponge species at the study site were collected to investigate the host specificity of L. vivipara. Evidence that L. vivipara favorably selects the sponges Hippospongia cf. gossypina and Chondrilla nucula over other potential host sponges at the study site is provided. Commensalism is the most plausible justification for this relationship: L. vivipara is dependent on sponges for protection and food particles, while the sponges are unaffected by its presence. Further evidence of host-specific inquilinism is provided for L. vivipara associated with Hippospongia cf. gossypina, but not for L. vivipara associated with C. nucula. An inquilinistic association between an entoproct and sponge is a rare discovery only mentioned in one previous study. Sponge aquiferous qualities such as aperture and canal size, canal and choanocyte chamber arrangement, seawater pumping rate, and food particle size selection are likely factors that inhibit or enable inquilinism in sponge-entoproct associations – a potential topic for future researc
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004791, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004791
- Subject Headings
- Marine invertebrates--Florida., Sponges--Habitat--Florida., Marine resources--Florida--Management., Aquatic biology., Entoprocta--Classification.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Documenting Trematode Larvae in Marine Sponges.
- Creator
- Plunkett, Rachel, Pomponi, Shirley A., Graduate College
- Abstract/Description
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Parasitic trematode larvae (cercariae and metacercariae) were discovered in a nearshore sponge habitat on Summerland Key, FL. This is a life cycle study of these consecutive larval stages in the sponge microenvironment. The goal of this research is to elucidate information on the life cycle of these trematodes by (1) identifying the trematode taxa present in the sponge microenvironment, (2) identifying the invertebrate host organism(s) preferred by each taxon, and (3) documenting the...
Show moreParasitic trematode larvae (cercariae and metacercariae) were discovered in a nearshore sponge habitat on Summerland Key, FL. This is a life cycle study of these consecutive larval stages in the sponge microenvironment. The goal of this research is to elucidate information on the life cycle of these trematodes by (1) identifying the trematode taxa present in the sponge microenvironment, (2) identifying the invertebrate host organism(s) preferred by each taxon, and (3) documenting the hostparasite histology. This presentation shows a combination of light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs documenting the histology of trematodes in sponges. In future analyses, 18s rDNA sequencing will be used as a preliminary screening of the taxa present in sponge tissues, and oligonucleotide probes will be developed to detect these parasites in the invertebrate symbionts of the sponges. This combination of microscopy and molecular approaches will elucidate linkages between developmental stages and provide information on the pathway(s) these parasites use to reach their final host(s). These larval stages are important to study in trematode life cycles because they develop into endoparasites of vertebrates; which in this case are likely fish which eat the sponge. Reef fishes such as Acanthostracion quadricornis (scrawled cowfish), Holocanthus ciliaris (queen angelfish), and Holocanthus tricolor (rock beauty) opportunistically consume sponges of this particular genus (Spongia). Much is known about the health impacts of adult trematodes in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals; however, there is little data directly linking diet choices with infection. Trematodes have not been reported in sponges in previous literature.
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005908
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Preliminary Cruise Report. 2015 HBOI-FAU Cruise. Mesophotic and deepwater reef ecosystems- ROV/AUV surveys of SW Florida Shelf including Northern Pulley Ridge and Howell Hook regions. May 7-20, 2015.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, Pomponi, Shirley A., Price, Melissa, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007518
- Subject Headings
- Deep sea corals, Corals--Ecology, Pulley Ridge, Continental shelf--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Reconstruction of Family-Level Phylogenetic Relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) Using Nuclear Encoded Housekeeping Genes.
- Creator
- Hill, Malcolm S., Hill, April L., Lopez, Jose V., Peterson, Kevin J., Pomponi, Shirley A., Diaz, Maria Cristina, Thacker, Robert W., Adamska, Maja, Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Cárdenas, Paco, Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia, Danka, Elizabeth, De Laine, Bre-Onna, Formica, Dawn, Hajdu, Eduardo, Lobo-Hajdu, Gisele, Klontz, Sarah, Morrow, Christine C., Patel, Jignasa, Picton, Bernard, Pisani, Davide, Pohlmann, Deborah, Redmond, Niamh E., Reed, John K., Richey, Stacy, Riesgo, Ana, Rubin, Ewelina, Russell, Zach, Rützler, Klaus, Sperling, Erik A., di Stefano, Michael, Tarver, James E., Collins, Allen G., Lin, Senjie
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Background: Demosponges are challenging for phylogenetic systematics because of their plastic and relatively simple morphologies and many deep divergences between major clades. To improve understanding of the phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae, we sequenced and analyzed seven nuclear housekeeping genes involved in a variety of cellular functions from a diverse group of sponges. Methodology/Principal Findings: We generated data from each of the four sponge classes (i.e., Calcarea,...
Show moreBackground: Demosponges are challenging for phylogenetic systematics because of their plastic and relatively simple morphologies and many deep divergences between major clades. To improve understanding of the phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae, we sequenced and analyzed seven nuclear housekeeping genes involved in a variety of cellular functions from a diverse group of sponges. Methodology/Principal Findings: We generated data from each of the four sponge classes (i.e., Calcarea, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha), but focused on family-level relationships within demosponges. With data for 21 newly sampled families, our Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian-based approaches recovered previously phylogenetically defined taxa: Keratosap, Myxospongiaep, Spongillidap, Haploscleromorphap (the marine haplosclerids) and Democlaviap. We found conflicting results concerning the relationships of Keratosap and Myxospongiaep to the remaining demosponges, but our results strongly supported a clade of Haploscleromorphap+Spongillidap+Democlaviap. In contrast to hypotheses based on mitochondrial genome and ribosomal data, nuclear housekeeping gene data suggested that freshwater sponges (Spongillidap) are sister to Haploscleromorphap rather than part of Democlaviap. Within Keratosap, we found equivocal results as to the monophyly of Dictyoceratida. Within Myxospongiaep, Chondrosida and Verongida were monophyletic. A wellsupported clade within Democlaviap, Tetractinellidap, composed of all sampled members of Astrophorina and Spirophorina (including the only lithistid in our analysis), was consistently revealed as the sister group to all other members of Democlaviap. Within Tetractinellidap, we did not recover monophyletic Astrophorina or Spirophorina. Our results also reaffirmed the monophyly of order Poecilosclerida (excluding Desmacellidae and Raspailiidae), and polyphyly of Hadromerida and Halichondrida. Conclusions/Significance: These results, using an independent nuclear gene set, confirmed many hypotheses based on ribosomal and/or mitochondrial genes, and they also identified clades with low statistical support or clades that conflicted with traditional morphological classification. Our results will serve as a basis for future exploration of these outstanding questions using more taxon- and gene-rich datasets.
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- 2013-01-23
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000044
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- NOAA CIOERT cruise report: Survey of the pulley ridge mesophotic reef ecosystem.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, Pomponi, Shirley A., Hanisak, M. Dennis, Voss, Joshua
- Date Issued
- 2012-02-15
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360202
- Subject Headings
- Ocean exploration, Oceanography--Research, Corals Ecology, Deep sea corals
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- NOAA CIOERT Report: Survey of the Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystem of Pourtalés. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Florida Shelf-Edge Exploration II (FLoSEE) Cruise Leg 2-September 23-30, 2011. (NOAA Project Number: NF-11-09-CIOERT).
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, David, Andrew, Messing, Charles G., Guzman, Esther A., Pomponi, Shirley A.
- Date Issued
- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340531
- Subject Headings
- Corals Ecology, Sponges Ecology, Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (U.S.), United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanography--Research, Florida, Straits of
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- Document (PDF)
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- NOAA CIOERT Report: Survey of the Pulley Ridge Mesophotic Reef Ecosystem. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Florida Shelf-Edge Exploration II (FLoSEE) Cruise Leg 1-September 12-19, 2011.
- Creator
- Reed, John K., Farrington, Stephanie, Pomponi, Shirley A., Hanisak, M. Dennis, Voss, Joshua
- Date Issued
- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340535
- Subject Headings
- United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (U.S.), Corals Ecology, Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Natural Products from the Lithistida: A Review of the Literature since 2000.
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- Winder, Priscilla L., Pomponi, Shirley A., Wright, Amy E.
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Lithistid sponges are known to produce a diverse array of compounds ranging from polyketides, cyclic and linear peptides, alkaloids, pigments, lipids, and sterols. A majority of these structurally complex compounds have very potent and interesting biological activities. It has been a decade since a thorough review has been published that summarizes the literature on the natural products reported from this amazing sponge order. This review provides an update on the current taxonomic...
Show moreLithistid sponges are known to produce a diverse array of compounds ranging from polyketides, cyclic and linear peptides, alkaloids, pigments, lipids, and sterols. A majority of these structurally complex compounds have very potent and interesting biological activities. It has been a decade since a thorough review has been published that summarizes the literature on the natural products reported from this amazing sponge order. This review provides an update on the current taxonomic classification of the Lithistida, describes structures and biological activities of 131 new natural products, and discusses highlights from the total syntheses of 16 compounds from marine sponges of the Order Lithistida providing a compilation of the literature since the last review published in 2002.
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- 2011-12-15
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000059
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- Cell cycle analysis of primary sponge cell cultures.
- Creator
- Schippers, K. J., Martens, D. E.,, Pomponi, Shirley A., Wijffels, R. H.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318911
- Subject Headings
- Sponges--Cytology, Cell cycle, Cell proliferation, Flow cytometry
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FAU Climate Change Initiative Priority Theme: Research, Engineering, and Adaption to a Change Climate.
- Creator
- Berry, Leonard, Koch, Marguerite, Center for Environmental Studies, Benscoter, Brian, Comas, Xavier, Devlin, Donna, Fadiman, Maria, Gerstein, E., Herzing, Denise L., Hindle, Tobin, Milton, Sarah L., Oleinik, Anton E., Proffitt, C. Edward, Restrepo, Jorge I., Root, Tara L., Wyneken, Jeanette, Xie, Zhixiao, Zhang, Xing-Hai, Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Mitsova, Diana, Murley, J., Vos, J., Escaleras, Monica, Mehallis, M., Shaw, Eric H., Hardman, Guillermo [John], Lambert, Julie, Thomas, G., Arockiasamy, Madasamy, Bloetscher, Frederick, Carvalho, G., Dhanak, Manhar R., Frisk, George V., Kaisar, Evangelos I., Kalva, Hari, Meeroff, Daniel E., Rodriguez, Jarice, Scarlatos, Panagiotis (Pete) D., Shankar, Ravi, Teegavarapu, Ramesh, Brown, Clifford T., McAfee, Francis, Widener, Patricia, Dalgleish, Fraser R., Hanisak, M. Dennis, McMulloch, S., O'Corry-Crowe, Gregory, Pomponi, Shirley A., Reed, John K., Scarpa, John, Voss, Joshua, Heimlich, Barry N., Alvarez, R., Jolley, J., Edwards, A., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, College of Business, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003457
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- Citation
- Title
- Isolation, synthesis, and biological activity of Aphrocallistin, an adenine-substituted bromotyramine metabolite from the hexactinellida sponge Aphrocallistes beatrix.
- Creator
- Wright, Amy E., Roth, G. P., Hoffman, J. K., Divlianska, D. B., Pechter, D., Sennett, Susan H., Guzman, Esther A., Linley, P. A., McCarthy, Peter J., Pitts, Tara P., Pomponi, Shirley A., Reed, John K.
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3319109
- Subject Headings
- Sponges --Research, Marine metabolites, Marine natural products, Hexactinellida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Use of real-time qPCR to quantify members of the unculturable heterotrophic bacterial community in a deep sea marine sponge, Vetulina sp.
- Creator
- Cassler, M., Peterson, C. L., Ledger, Angela, Pomponi, Shirley A., Wright, Amy E., Winegar, R., McCarthy, Peter J., Lopez, Jose V.
- Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2708323
- Subject Headings
- Microbiology --Research, Sponges --Microbiology, Marine biology --Caribbean Area
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Identification of the bacterial symbiont Entotheonella sp. in the mesohyl of the marine sponge Discodermia sp.
- Creator
- Bruck, W. M., Sennett, Susan H., Pomponi, Shirley A., Willenz, P., McCarthy, Peter J.
- Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183806
- Subject Headings
- Bacteria Ecology, Symbiosis, Sponges
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Neopeltolide a new macrolide from a lithistid sponge of the family Neopeltidae.
- Creator
- Wright, Amy E., Botelho, J. C., Guzman, Esther A., Harmody, Dedra K., Linley, P. A., McCarthy, Peter J., Pitts, Tara P., Pomponi, Shirley A., Reed, John K.
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333011
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, Macrolides, Marine natural products
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Marine biotechnology: realizing the potential.
- Creator
- Pomponi, Shirley A., Baden, Daniel G., Zohar, Y.
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3338530
- Subject Headings
- Marine biotechnology, Marine pharmacology, Marine natural products
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Glass sponges and bilaterian animals share derived mitochondrial genomic features: a common ancestry or parallel evolution?.
- Creator
- Haen, K. M., Lang, B. F., Pomponi, Shirley A., Lavrov, D. V.
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3355158
- Subject Headings
- Glass sponges (Invertebrates), Hexactinellida, Porifera
- Format
- Document (PDF)