The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems L Pita, L Rix, BM Slaby, A Franke, U Hentschel Microbiome 6 (1), 1-18, 2018 | 510 | 2018 |
Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation? C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl, S Fraune, ... Zoology 127, 1-19, 2018 | 227 | 2018 |
Stability of sponge-associated bacteria over large seasonal shifts in temperature and irradiance PM Erwin, L Pita, S López-Legentil, X Turon Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 (20), 7358-7368, 2012 | 203 | 2012 |
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 | 126 | 2019 |
Neutrality in the Metaorganism M Sieber, L Pita, N Weiland-Bräuer, P Dirksen, J Wang, B Mortzfeld, ... PLoS biology 17 (6), e3000298, 2019 | 100 | 2019 |
Host rules: spatial stability of bacterial communities associated with marine sponges (Ircinia spp.) in the Western Mediterranean Sea L Pita, X Turon, S López-Legentil, PM Erwin FEMS microbiology ecology 86 (2), 268-276, 2013 | 92 | 2013 |
Emerging sponge models of animal-microbe symbioses L Pita, S Fraune, U Hentschel Frontiers in microbiology 7, 2102, 2016 | 73 | 2016 |
Till death do us part: stable sponge-bacteria associations under thermal and food shortage stresses L Pita, PM Erwin, X Turon, S López-Legentil PLoS One 8 (11), e80307, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
Time and space: genetic structure of the cohorts of the common sea urchin Paracentrotuslividus in Western Mediterranean I Calderón, L Pita, S Brusciotti, C Palacín, X Turon Marine biology 159 (1), 187-197, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns L Pita, MP Hoeppner, M Ribes, U Hentschel Scientific Reports 8 (16081), DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
Symbiotic archaea in marine sponges show stability and host specificity in community structure and ammonia oxidation functionality F Zhang, L Pita, PM Erwin, S Abaid, S López-Legentil, RT Hill FEMS microbiology ecology 90 (3), 699-707, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
Population structure and connectivity in the Mediterranean sponge Ircinia fasciculata are affected by mass mortalities and hybridization A Riesgo, R Pérez-Portela, L Pita, G Blasco, PM Erwin, S López-Legentil Heredity 117 (6), 427-439, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
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 | 44 | 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 | 37 | 2022 |
Receptors mediating host-microbiota communication in the metaorganism: the Invertebrate perspective K Dierking, L Pita Frontiers in Immunology 11, 1251, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
Biogeography and host fidelity of bacterial communities in Ircinia spp. from the Bahamas L Pita, S López-Legentil, PM Erwin Microbial ecology 66 (2), 437-447, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
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 | 27 | 2021 |
Marine Sponge Holobionts in Health and Disease BM Slaby, A Franke, L Rix, L Pita, K Bayer, MT Jahn, U Hentschel Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reefs Sponges and Corals, 81-104, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
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 | 18 | 2022 |
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 |