Trade-Offs in Defensive Metabolite Production But Not Ecological Function in Healthy and Diseased Sponges

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-462

  Gochfeld, Deborah J ^a   Kamel, Haidy N ^b   Olson, Julie B ^c   Thacker, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Aplysina cauliformis; Chemical defense; Inducible defense; Sponge disease

Indexed keywords

11 OXOAEROTHIONIN; 11-OXOAEROTHIONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APLYSAMINE 1; APLYSAMINE-1; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FISTULARIN 3; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND; TYROSINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INHIBITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL ENEMY; OMNIVORY; PATHOGENICITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REEF; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPONGE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CENTRAL AMERICA; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOXAZOLES; OXAZOLES; PORIFERA; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TYROSINE;

APLYSINA; APLYSINA CAULIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861342729     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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