| Sponge symbiosis: microbes make an essential part of what it means to be a sponge K Busch, A Marulanda-GóMez, TM Morganti, K Bayer, L Pita Frontiers in Invertebrate Physiology: A Collection of Reviews, 129-195, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| The chromosome-level genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 reveals a unique immune gene repertoire V Koutsouveli, M Torres-Oliva, T Bayer, J Fuss, N Grossschmidt, ... bioRxiv, 2024.01. 21.574862, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge TJ Carrier, L Schmittmann, S Jung, L Pita, U Hentschel Ecology and Evolution 13 (5), e10012, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with seawater or symbiont microbial consortia AM Marulanda-Gomez, M Ribes, S Franzenburg, U Hentschel, L Pita bioRxiv, 2023.11. 02.563995, 2023 | | 2023 |
| A novel in-vivo phagocytosis assay to gain cellular insights on sponge-microbe interactions AM Marulanda-Gómez, K Bayer, L Pita, U Hentschel Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (10.3389/fmars.2023.1176145), 117615, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis TJ Carrier, M Maldonado, L Schmittmann, L Pita, TCG Bosch, U Hentschel BMC biology 20 (1), 1-19, 2022 | 40 | 2022 |
| DNA/RNA extraction and qPCR protocol to assess bacterial abundance in the sponge Halichondria panicea L Schmittmann, L Pita protocols. io, 2022 | | 2022 |
| Stability of a dominant sponge‐symbiont in spite of antibiotic‐induced microbiome disturbance L Schmittmann, T Rahn, K Busch, S Fraune, L Pita, U Hentschel Environmental Microbiology, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
| Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome K Busch, BM Slaby, W Bach, A Boetius, I Clefsen, A Colaço, M Creemers, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 1-16, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
| Wounding response in Porifera (sponges) activates ancestral signaling cascades involved in animal healing, regeneration, and cancer YC Wu, S Franzenburg, M Ribes, L Pita Scientific Reports 12 (1), 1-13, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
| Citizen Science to Assess Grazing Pressure on Sponge Populations B Pintó, L Pita | | 2022 |
| Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy MT Jahn, T Lachnit, SM Markert, C Stigloher, L Pita, M Ribes, BE Dutilh, ... The ISME journal 15 (7), 2001-2011, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Individuality in the immune repertoire and induced response of the sponge Halichondria panicea L Schmittmann, S Franzenburg, L Pita Frontiers in Immunology 12, 2300, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Symbiosis: a source of innovation for surviving a challenging ocean FM Cornejo-Castillo, L Pita Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), 2021 | | 2021 |
| Opisthobranch grazing results in mobilisation of spherulous cells and re-allocation of secondary metabolites in the sponge Aplysina aerophoba YC Wu, M García-Altares, B Pintó, M Ribes, U Hentschel, L Pita Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-13, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Grazing results in mobilization of spherulous cells and re-allocation of secondary metabolites to the surface in the sponge Aplysina aerophoba YC Wu, M García-Altares, B Pintó, M Ribes, U Hentschel, L Pita bioRxiv, 2020 | | 2020 |
| Decoding cellular dialogues between sponges, bacteria, and phages L Schmittmann, MT Jahn, L Pita, U Hentschel Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont, 49-63, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| Receptors mediating host-microbiota communication in the metaorganism: the Invertebrate perspective K Dierking, L Pita Frontiers in Immunology 11, 1251, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| A Phage Protein Aids Bacterial Symbionts in Eukaryote Immune Evasion MT Jahn, K Arkhipova, SM Markert, C Stigloher, T Lachnit, L Pita, ... Cell Host & Microbe 26 (4), 542-550. e5, 2019 | 121 | 2019 |
| Neutrality in the Metaorganism M Sieber, L Pita, N Weiland-Bräuer, P Dirksen, J Wang, B Mortzfeld, ... PLoS biology 17 (6), e3000298, 2019 | 95 | 2019 |
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