Project B1 (PIs Hentschel, Fraune, Roth) uses cross-host comparisons to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the host differentiation between – and response to – native and nonnative microbes in marine metazoans. The project will also evaluate the routes of transmission and their influence on bacterial colonization in the next generation in the model systems sponge, Nematostella, and teleost fish. The project is joined by the new PI Roth, who enriches it with her unique focus on microbiota transmission during male pregnancy in pipefish, enabling a comparison of immune responses between vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Recognition and Communication
Host-microbe cross talk in three marine taxa (Porifera, Cnidaria and teleost fish)
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Researchers
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B1.1: Mechanistic and cellular underpinnings of sponge-microbe cross talk
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Associated Young Researcher
Dr. Tyler Carrier
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B1.2: Mechanisms and consequences of selective phagocytosis by nematosomes
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Related Publications
Related Publications
2024
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Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia
Marulanda-Gomez AM, Ribes M, Franzenburg, Hentschel U and Pita L (2024) Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia. BMC genomics, 25(1), 1-13. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10548-z
2023
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Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont
Carrier TJ, Schmittmann L, Jung S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge. Ecology and Evolution. 2023; 13: e10012 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10012
2023
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A novel in-vivo phagocytosis assay to gain cellular insights on sponge-microbe interactions
2023
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Genotype-environment interactions determine microbiota plasticity in Nematostella vectensis
Baldassarre L, Reitzel A, Fraune S, (2023), PLoS Biol. 21(1): e3001726. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001726
2023
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Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis
Domin H, Zimmermann J, Taubenheim J, Fuentes Reyes G, Saueressig L, Prasse D, Höppner M, Schmitz RA, Hentschel U, Kaleta C, Fraune S (2023) Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis. Microbiome doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01701-z
2022
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Sponge-symbiont stability in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance
Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. (2022) Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249
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Harnessing the power of model organisms to unravel coral holobiont complexity
Puntin G., Sweet M, Fraune S., Medina M., Weiss V, Ziegler M (2022) Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Reviews, 21;86(4):e0005322, https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00053-22
2022
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Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance
Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance (2022) Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249
2022
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Pigmentation biosynthesis influences the microbiome in sea urchins
Wessel Gary M. Kiyomoto Masato, Reitzel Adam M and Carrier Tyler J. (2022) in R. Soc. B. 289: 20221088 20221088 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1088
2022
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Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome
Kathrin Busch, Beate M. Slaby, Wolfgang Bach, Antje Boetius, Ina Clefsen, Ana Colaço, Marie Creemers, Javier Cristobo, Luisa Federwisch, Andre Franke, Asimenia Gavriilidou, Andrea Hethke, Ellen Kenchington, Furu Mienis, Sadie Mills, Ana Riesgo, Pilar Ríos, Emyr Martyn Roberts, Detmer Sipkema, Lucía Pita, Peter J. Schupp, Joana Xavier, Hans Tore Rapp & Ute Hentschel (2022) Nature Communications. 13: 5160. doi: 1038/s41467-022-32684-4
2022
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Microbiota mediated plasticity promotes thermal adaptation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Laura Baldassarre, Hua Ying, Adam M. Reitzel, Sören Franzenburg, Sebastian Fraune (2022): Nature Communications, 13, Article number: 3804 doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31350-z
2022
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On the spread of microbes that manipulate reproduction in marine invertebrates.
Kustra MC, Carrier TJ (2022) The American Naturalist. 200(20):1-19. doi: 1086/720282
2022
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Symbiotic Algae of Hydra viridissima Play a Key Role in Maintaining Homeostatic Bacterial Colonization.
Bathia J, Schröder K, Fraune S, Lachnit T, Rosenstiel P, Bosch TCG (2022) Front. Microbiol. 13:869666. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.869666
2022
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Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis
Carrier TJ, Maldonado M, Schmittmann L, Pita L, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U (2022) BMC Biology 20(1):100 doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01291-6
2022
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Population differences and host species predict variation in the diversity of host-associated microbes in Hydra
Taubenheim J, Miklós M, Tökölyi J, Fraune S (2022). Front. Microbiol. 13:799333. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.799333
2022
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The role of DNA methylation in genome defense in Cnidaria and other invertebrates
Ying H, Hayward DC, Klimovich A, Bosch TCG, Baldassarre L, Neeman T, Forêt S, Huttley G, Reitzel AM, Fraune S, Ball EE, Miller DJ (2022) Molecular Biology and Evolution, msac018, doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac018
2021
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Contribution of maternal and paternal transmission to bacterial colonization in Nematostella vectensis.
Baldassarre L, Levy S, Bar-Shalom R, Steindler L, Lotan T, Fraune S (2021) Front Microbiol. 12: 726795. doi: 3389/fmicb.2021.726795
2021
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Harnessing the power of host–microbe symbioses to address grand challenges.
Hentschel U (2021) Nat Rev Microbiol. 19, 615–616. doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00619-3
2021
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Individuality in the Immune Repertoire and Induced Response of the Sponge Halichondria panacea
Schmittmann L, Franzenburg S, Pita L (2021) Front Immunol. 12:689051. doi: 3389/fimmu.2021.689051.
2021
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Hydra and Curvibacter – an intimate crosstalk at the epithelial interface. In: Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont.
Minten T, Fraune S (2021) ed. by Bosch, Thomas C. G. and Hadfield, Michael G.. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA, pp. 79-89 ISBN 9780429277375 doi: 1201/9780429277375-4.
2021
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Decoding cellular dialogues between sponges, bacteria, and phages. In: Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont.
Schmittmann L, Jahn MT, Pita L, Hentschel U (2021) ed. by Bosch, Thomas C. G. and Hadfield, Michael G.. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA, pp. 49-63. ISBN 9780429277375 doi: 1201/9780429277375-4.
2021
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Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy
Jahn MT, Lachnit T, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Pita L, Ribes M, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2021) ISME J. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00900-6
2020
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Bacteria- and temperature-regulated peptides modulate beta-catenin signalling in Hydra
Taubenheim J, Willoweit-Ohl D, Knop M, Franzenburg S, He J, Bosch TCG, Fraune S (2020) PNAS. 117(35):21459-21468. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010945117
2020
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Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses
Rix L, Ribes M, Coma R, Jahn M, van Oevelen D, de Goeij J, Escrig S, Meibom A, Hentschel U (2020) ISME J. 14, 2554–2567. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3
2020
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Receptors mediating host-microbiota communication in the metaorganism: the invertebrate perspective.
Dierking K, Pita L (2020) Front. Immunol. 11:1251. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01251
2020
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Bdellovibrio and like organisms are predictors of microbiome diversity across diverse host groups.
Johnke J, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H (2020) Microbial Ecology. 79: 252–257. doi: 10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7
2019
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A phage protein aids bacterial symbionts in eukaryote immune evasion
Jahn MT, Arkhipova K, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Lachnit T, Pita L, Kupczok A, Ribes M, Stengel ST, Rosenstiel P, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2019) Cell Host & Microbe, doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019
2019
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Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms
Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen F-A, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019) Microbiome, doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1
2019
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Temperature and insulin signaling regulate body size in Hydra by the Wnt and TGF-beta pathways
Mortzfeld BM*, Taubenheim J*, Klimovich AV, Fraune S, Rosenstiel P, Bosch TCG (2019) Nature Communications 10, 3257. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11136-6
2019
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Neutrality in the metaorganism
Sieber M, Pita L, Weiland-Bräuer N, Dirksen P, Wang J, Mortzfeld B, Franzenburg S, Schmitz RA, Baines JF, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H, Bosch TCG, Traulsen A (2019) PLoS Biol., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298
2019
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Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework 2 combining reductionist and integrative approaches
Jaspers C, Fraune S, Consortium of Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference Participants, Arnold AE, Miller DJ, Bosch TCG, Voolstra CR (2019) Zoology. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2019.02.007
2019
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Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts
Rubin-Blum M, Antony CP, Sayavedra L, Martínez-Pérez C, Birgel D, Peckmann J, Wu Y, Cardenas P, MacDonald I, Marcon Y, Sahling H, Hentschel U, Dubilier N (2019) The ISME Journal , v 13, p 1209–1225. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7
2018
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Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns.
Pita L, Hoeppner MP, Ribes M, Hentschel U (2018); Sci Rep. 8(1):16081.doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w
2018
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Metabolic co-dependence drives the evolutionarily ancient Hydra-Chlorella symbiosis.
Hamada M, Schröder K, Bathia J, Kürn U, Fraune S, Khalturina M, Khalturin K, Shinzato C, Satoh N, Bosch TC (2018); Elife 7. pii: e35122. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35122
2018
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Predicted bacterial interactions affect in vivo microbial colonization dynamics in Nematostella
Domin H, Zurita-Gutiérrez Y, Scotti M, Buttlar J, Hentschel Humeida U and Fraune S (2018) Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 728, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00728
2018
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Stem cell transcription factor FoxO controls microbiome resilience in Hydra.
Mortzfeld B M, Taubenheim J,Fraune S, Klimovich A V, Bosch T C G (2018); Front Microbiol., doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00629
2018
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The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.
Pita L, Rix L, Slaby B M, Franke A, Hentschel U (2018); Microbiome, 6(46). doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1
2018
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Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?
Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl W J, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Galan P L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad M M, Schmitz R A, Schulenburg H, Voolstra C R, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch T C G (2018); Zoology, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004
2017
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Temperate phages as self-replicating weapons in bacterial competition.
Li XY, Lachnit T, Fraune S, Bosch T C G, Traulsen A, Sieber M (2017); J R Soc Interface, 14(137). doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0563
2017
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A secreted antibacterial neuropeptide shapes the microbiome of Hydra.
Augustin R, Schröder K, Murillo Rincón A P, Fraune S, Anton-Erxleben F, Herbst E M, Wittlieb J, Schwentner M, Grötzinger J, Wassenaar T M, Bosch T C G (2017); Nat Commun., 8(1):698. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00625-1
2016
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Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses.
Pita L, Fraune S, Hentschel U (2016); Front Microbiol., 7:2102. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102
2016
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Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling.
Jahn M T, Markert S M, Ryu T, Ravasi T, Stigloher C, U Hentschel, Moitinho-Silva L (2016); Scientific Reports, 6:35860. doi: 10.1038/srep35860
2016
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Using Nematostella vectensis to Study the Interactions between Genome, Epigenome, and Bacteria in a Changing Environment.
Fraune S, Forêt S, Reitzel A M (2016); Front. Mar. Sci., 3:148. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00148