Natural chemical control of marine associated microbial communities by sessile Antarctic invertebrates

• Published in: Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Angulo-Preckler, Carlos, García-Lopez, Eva, Figuerola Balañá, Blanca, Ávila Escartín, Conxita, Cid, Cristina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2020
• Subjects: Invertebrats marins; Microbiologia marina; Marine invertebrates; Marine microbiology; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/174165

Organisms living in the sea are exposed to fouling by other organisms. Many benthic marine invertebrates, including sponges and bryozoans, contain natural products with antimicrobial properties, since microbes usually constitute the first stages of fouling. Extracts from 4 Antarctic sponges (Myxilla...