Mycale hentscheli

Mycale hentscheli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Mycalidae
Genus:	Mycale
Species:	M. hentscheli
Binomial name
Mycale hentscheli Bergquist & Fromont, 1988

Mycale hentscheli is a marine sponge, which is known to be a rich source of bioactive small molecules. These natural products originate from the sponge's microbiota. Examples of these molecules include the potent cytotoxic polyketides: pateamine, peloruside, and mycalamide. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Rust, Michael; Helfrich, Eric J. N.; Freeman, Michael F.; Nanudorn, Pakjira; Field, Christopher M.; Rückert, Christian; Kündig, Tomas; Page, Michael J.; Webb, Victoria L.; Kalinowski, Jörn; Sunagawa, Shinichi; Piel, Jörn (2020-04-28). "A multiproducer microbiome generates chemical diversity in the marine sponge Mycale hentscheli". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (17): 9508–9518. doi:10.1073/pnas.1919245117. ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   7196800 . PMID   32291345.
2. Storey, Mathew A.; Andreassend, Sarah K.; Bracegirdle, Joe; Brown, Alistair; Keyzers, Robert A.; Ackerley, David F.; Northcote, Peter T.; Owen, Jeremy G. (2020-03-24). Wright, Gerard D. (ed.). "Metagenomic Exploration of the Marine Sponge Mycale hentscheli Uncovers Multiple Polyketide-Producing Bacterial Symbionts". mBio. 11 (2): e02997–19, /mbio/11/2/mBio.02997–19.atom. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02997-19 . ISSN   2150-7511. PMC   7157528 . PMID   32209692.

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