Identification of the antifungal peptide-containing symbiont of the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei as a novel δ-proteobacterium, “Candidatus Entotheonella palauensis”

By Eric W. Schmidt, A. Obraztsova, S. Davidson, D. Faulkner, M. Haygood. 2000

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Pharmacology

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Citations in the corpus

• Host specificity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae in marine sponges, Dysidea spp. (2003, background): “Filamentous bacterial symbionts isolated from the sponge Theonella swinhoei have been implicated in the production of theopalauamide, an antifungal bicyclic glycopeptide ( Schmidt et al. 2000 ).”
• An Overview on Marine Sponge-Symbiotic Bacteria as Unexhausted Sources for Natural Product Discovery (2017, background): “The bacterium was later identified as a δ-Proteobacterium related to myxobacteria called Entotheonella palauensis [33,118].”
• Consistent association of crenarchaeal Archaea with sponges of the genus Axinella (2002, background): “The production of metabolites with antibacterial (Oclarit et al. 1994; Unson et al. 1994), antifungal ( Schmidt et al. 2000 ), cytotoxic (Bewley et al. 1996) and feeding-deterrent (Unson and Faulkner 1993) activities has been ascribed to some symbiotic bacteria in sponges, suggesting that the microb”
• Identification of the cellular site of polychlorinated peptide biosynthesis in the marine sponge Dysidea (Lamellodysidea) herbacea and symbiotic cyanobacterium Oscillatoria spongeliae by CARD-FISH analysis (2005, background): “b Hill et al. 2004; Hu et al. 2003 c Richelle-Maurer et al. 2003 d Saloman et al. 2001 e Turon et al. 2000 f Flowers et al. 1998 g Unson and Faulkner 1993 h Unson et al. 1994 i Garson et al. 1994 j Gillor et al. 2000 k Uriz et al. 1996 l Miki et al. 1996 m Bewley et al. 1996 n Schmidt et al. 1998, ”
• Bioluminescence in the sea. (2010, background): “Many of the pharmacologically interesting compounds isolated from sponges have turned out to be bacterial in origin (Schmidt et al. 2000, Taylor et al. 2007).”
• In situ feeding and element removal in the symbiont‐bearing sponge Theonella swinhoei: Bulk DOC is the major source for carbon (2003, background): “These filamentous bacterial symbionts contain a specific antifungal peptide (theopalauamide) and were recently proposed as a new species Entotheonella palauensis of the dProteobacteria (Schmidt et al. 2000).”
• Metamorphosis of broadcast spawning corals in response to bacteria isolated from crustose algae (2001, background): “The contribution of microbial symbionts to the production of active metabolites in marine invertebrates is becoming increasingly apparent (Leitz 1997, Schmidt et al. 2000).”
• New trends in marine chemical ecology (2006, background): “…such as the synthesis of the bicyclic glycopeptide theopalauamide by an associated delta-proterobacterium in the sponge Theonella swinhoei (Schmidt et al. 2000), the synthesis of bryostatin by bacterial symbionts in the bryozoa Bugula neritina (Davidson et al. 2001), or the antimicrobial…”