BookZhiyong Li, editor.
Summary: This book focuses on the symbiotic microbiomes of invertebrates in coral reefs, especially sponges and corals. It provides in-depth and up-to-date reviews on the microbial structure and diversity, metabolism and function, symbiosis and coevolution, environment and adaption, and bioactive potentials. Meanwhile, the future perspectives will be discussed according to the existing problems and the development trend. This book will be of particular interest to the professionals in marine ecology, marine biotechnology, as well as medicinal chemists and molecular biologists.
Contents:
Coral reef ecosystem
Sponge and coral microbiomes
Microbial diversity of sponge/coral microbiomes
Endolithic mocrobes in coral skeletons: algae or bacteria?
The bacteria endozoicomonas: community dynamics, diversity, genomes, and potential impacts on corals
Microbes in gorgonian and soft corals
Marine sponge holobionts in health and disease
After the taxonomic identification phase: addressing the functions of symbiotic communities within marine invertebrates
Carbon and nitrogen metabolism of sponge microbiome
Integrative omics approach for the community function evaluation of sponge and coral microbiomes
Response of sponge microbiomes to environmental variations
Biosynthesis of antibiotics from microbial symbionts of sponges and corals
Marine natural products from marine sponge microorganisms
Marine natural products from marine coral-derived microorganisms
Natural products from sponges
Natural products from corals
Mass production of natural products from microbes derived from sponges and corals
Marine enzymes from microbial symbionts of sponges and corals
Appendices.