C4
Function and Life History

New approaches to understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics in metaorganisms

Project C4 (PIs Rainey, Hentschel) aims to explore the role of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) as regulators of host-associated microbial community composition and function. The project will build on the established Metaorganism Evolution Experiment (MEE) approach to provide detailed insights into the dynamics of evolutionary change under conditions that either promote or hinder MGEs in two host-microbe pairs: the worm C. elegans and Ochrobactrum, and the sponge H. panicea and Vibrio.

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2024
C4

The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions

von Hoyningen-Huene AJE, Bang C, Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Fokt H, He J, Jensen N, Knop M, Petersen C, Schmittmann L, Zimmer T, Baines JF, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Franke A, Schulenburg H, Stukenbrock E and Schmitz RA (2024) The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions. Front Microbiol, 15:1347422. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1

2024
C4

Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style

Steiner LX, Wiese J, Rahn T, Borchert E, Slaby B, Hentschel U (2024) Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Mar 15;117(1):56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-024-01950-4

2022
B1
C4

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

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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Hydra and the hair follicle – An unconventional comparative biology approach to exploring the human holobiont.

Lousada MB, Lachnit T, Edelkamp J, Paus R, Bosch TCG (2022 ) Bioessays. 44(5):e2100233. doi: 10.1002/bies.202100233.

2022
C4

Cacatoo: building, exploring, and sharing spatially structured models of biological systems.

van Dijk B (2022)  Journal of Open Source Software, 7(70), 3948, doi: 10.21105/joss.03948

2021
C4

Transposable elements promote the evolution of genome streamlining

van Dijk B, Bertels F, Stolk L, Takeuchi N, Rainey PB (2021) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 377:20200477. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0477

2021
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C4

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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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

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