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dc.contributor.authorWang, X.
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, D.
dc.contributor.authorThakur, N.L.
dc.contributor.authorWiens, M.
dc.contributor.authorBatel, R.
dc.contributor.authorSchroder, H.C.
dc.contributor.authorMuller, W.E.G.
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-31T13:34:40Z
dc.date.available2013-10-31T13:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationPhytochemistry Reviews, vol.12(3); 2013; 369-390
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4385
dc.description.abstractMarine 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.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2013] Springer.
dc.subjectMarine organisms
dc.subjectsponge
dc.subjectmicroorganisms
dc.subjectbacteria
dc.titleMolecular cross-talk between sponge host and associated microbes
dc.typeJournal Article


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