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Molecular cross-talk between sponge host and associated microbes

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Title Molecular cross-talk between sponge host and associated microbes
 
Creator Wang, X.
Brandt, D.
Thakur, N.L.
Wiens, M.
Batel, R.
Schroder, H.C.
Muller, W.E.G.
 
Subject Marine organisms
sponge
microorganisms
bacteria
 
Description Marine organisms especially those that live sessile, as sponges, are well known to have specific relationships with a great variety of microorganisms including bacteria and fungi. As most simple metazoan phylum, the Porifera, which emerged first during the transition from the non-Metazoa to the Metazoa from the common ancestor, comprise wide arrays of recognition molecules, both for Gram-negative bacteria and for Gram-positive bacteria as well as for fungi. They react specifically with effector molecules to inhibit or kill the invading microorganisms. The elicitation and the subsequent effector reactions of the sponges towards these microbes are outlined. However, besides of the elimination of bacteria and fungi, some of those taxa are kept as symbionts of the sponges, allowing them, for example, to accumulate the essential element manganese or to synthesize carotinoids. The sponges produce low-molecular-weight bioactive compounds, secondary metabolites, to eliminate the microorganisms. In addition, they are armed with cationic antimicrobial peptides allowing them to defend against invasive microorganisms and, in parallel, to kill or repel also metazoan invaders. The broad range of chemically and functionally different compounds qualifies the Porifera as the most important animal phylum to be exploited as a source for the isolation of new potential drugs. First molecular biological strategies have been outlined to obtain those compounds in a sustainable way, by producing them recombinantly.
 
Date 2013-10-31T13:34:40Z
2013-10-31T13:34:40Z
2013
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Phytochemistry Reviews, vol.12(3); 2013; 369-390
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4385
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2013] Springer.
 
Publisher Springer