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S. López-Legentil

Dpt. of Biology and Marine Biology
Center for Marine Sciences
iMESA Lab
University of North Carolina Wilmington

5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington NC 28409
United States of America


Tel: +1 910 962-2615
www.imesalab.com

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  Publicaciones imatge de maquetació

2017

•  Moitinho-Silva L, Nielsen S, Amir A, Gonzalez A, Ackermann GL, Cerrano C, Astudillo-Garcia C, Easson C, Sipkema D, Liu F, Steinert G, Kotoulas G, McCormack GP; Feng G; Bell JJ; Vicente J; Björk JR; Montoya JM; Olson JB; Reveillaud J; Steindler L; Pineda M.C.; Marra M.V.; Ilan M.; Taylor M.W; Polymenakou P; Erwin PM; Schupp PJ; Simister RL; Knight R; Thacker RW; Costa R; Hill RT; Lopez-Legentil S; Dailianis T; Ravasi T; Hentschel U; Li Z; Webster NS; Thomas T (Submitted) The sponge microbiome project.

•  Novak L, Lopez-Legentil S, Shenkar N (Submitted) Rapid establishment of the non-indigenous ascidian Styela plicata and its associated bacteria in marinas and fishing harbors along the Mediterranean coast of Israel.

•  Gantt SE, Lopez-Legentil S, Erwin PM (Submitted) Stable microbial communities in the sponge Crambe crambe from inside and outside a polluted Mediterranean harbor. 

•  Villalobos MS, Lambert G, Shenkar N, Lopez-Legentil S (In Revision) Distribution and population dynamics of key ascidians in North Carolina harbors and marinas. Aquatic Invasions

•  Moitinho-Silva L, Steinert G, Nielsen S, Hardoim CCP, Wu Y-C, McCormack G, Lopez-Legentil S, Marchant R, Webster N, Thomas T, Hentschel U (In Revision) Predicting the HMA-LMA dichotomy in marine sponges by machine learning. Frontiers in Microbiology

•  Marino CM, Pawlik JR, Lopez-Legentil S, Erwin PM (2017) Latitudinal variation in the microbiome of the sponge Ircinia campana correlates with host haplotype but not anti-predatory chemical defense. Marine Ecology Progress Series 565: 53-66

2016

•  Riesgo A, Perez-Portela R, Pita L, Blasco G, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S (2016) Population structure and connectivity in the Mediterranean sponge Ircinia fasciculata are affected by mass mortalities and hybridization. Heredity 117(6): 427-439

•  Screiber L, Kjeldsen KU, Funch P, Jensen J, Obst M, López-Legentil S, Schramm A (2016) Endozoicomonas are specific, facultative symbionts of sea squirts. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1042

•  Pineda MC, Lorente B, López-Legentil S, Palacin C, Turon X (2016) Stochasticity in space, persistance in time: genetic heterogeneity in harbour populations of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata. PeerJ 4: e2158

•  Thomas T, Moitinho-Silva L, Lurgi M, Björk JR, Easson C, Astudillo C, Olson JB, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Luter H, Chaves-Fonnegra A, Costa R, Schupp P, Steindler L, Erpenbeck D, Gilbert J, Knight R, Ackerman G, López JV, Taylor MW, Thacker RW, Montoya JM, Hentschel U, Webster N (2016) Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome. Nature Communications 7: 11870

•  Turon X, Cañete JI, Sellanes J, Rocha RM, López-Legentil S (2016) Ascidian fauna (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) of subantacrtic and temperate regions of Chile. Zootaxa 4093: 151-180

•  Pineda MC, Turon X, Perez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (2016) Stable populations in unstable habitats: temporal genetic structure of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in North Carolina. Marine Biology 163: 59

•  Turon X, Cañete JI, Sellanes J, Rocha RM, López-Legentil S (2016) Too cold for invasions? Contrasting patterns of native and introduced ascidians in subantarctic and temperate Chile. Management of Biological Invasions 7(1): 77-86

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X, Erwin PM (2016) Feeding cessation alters host morphology and bacterial communities in the ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster. Frontiers in Zoology 13: 2

2015

•  Taboada S, Riesgo A, Blasco G, Sola J, Xavier JB, López-Legentil S (2015) Development of 10 microsatellite markers for the Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis. Conservation Genetics Resources 7(4): 895-897

•  Riesgo A, Maldonado M, López-Legentil S, Giribet G (2015) A proposal of cathepsin and silicatein evolution in sponges. Journal of Molecular Evolution 80(5-6): 278-291

•  López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Turon M, Oded Y (2015) Diversity of fungi isolated from three temperate ascidians. Symbiosis 66(2): 99-106

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X, Espluga R, Erwin PM (2015) Temporal stability of bacterial symbionts in a temperate ascidian. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 1022

•  López-Legentil S, Legentil ML, Erwin PM, Turon X (2015) Harbor networks as introduction patchworks: contrasting distribution patterns of native and introduced ascidians. Biological Invasions 17: 1623-1638

2014

•  Zhang F, Pita L, Erwin PM, Abaid S, López-Legentil S, Hill R (2014) Symbiotic archaea in marine sponges show stability and host specificity in community structure and ammonia oxidation functionality. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 90(3): 699-707

•  Burgsdorf I, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Cerrano C, Haber M, Frenk S, Steindler L (2014) Biogeography rather than association with cyanobacteria structures symbiotic microbial communities in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis. Frontiers in Microbiology 5(529): 1-11

•  Riesgo A, Blasco G, Erwin PM, Pérez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (2014) Optimization of fourteen microsatellite loci in a Mediterranean demosponges subjected to population decimation, Ircinia fasciculata. Conservation Genetic Resources 6: 301-303

•  Erwin PM, Pineda MC, Webster N, Turon X, López-Legentil S (2014) Down under the tunic: Bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing Archaea in coral reef ascidians. The ISME Journal 8: 575-588

2013

•  Pita L, Erwin PM, Turon X, López-Legentil S (2013) Till death do us part: Stable sponge-bacteria associations under thermal and food shortage stresses. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80307

•  Pita L, Turon X, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM (2013) Host rules: Spatial stability of bacterial communities associated with Ircinia spp. in the Western Mediterranean Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 86: 268-276

•  Kersting DK, Casado C, López-Legentil S, Linares C (2013) Unexpected divergent patterns in the sexual reproduction of the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa. Marine Ecology Progress Series 486: 165-171

•  Pita L, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM (2013) Biogeography and host-specificity of bacterial communities in Ircinia spp. from the Bahamas. Microbial Ecology 66: 437-447

•  Erwin PM, Pineda MC, Webster N, Turon X, López-Legentil S (2013) Small core communities and high variability in bacteria associated with the introduced ascidian Styela plicata. Symbiosis 59(1): 35-46

•  López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Velasco M, Turon X (2013) Growing or reproducing in a temperate sea: Optimization of resource allocation in a colonial ascidian. Invertebrate Biology 132(1): 69-80

•  Pineda MC, López-Legentil S, Turon X (2013) Year-round reproduction in a seasonal sea: Biological cycle of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in the Western Mediterranean. Marine Biology 160: 221-230

2012

•  Hirose E, Turon X, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Hirose M (2012) First records of didemnid ascidians harboring Prochloron from the Caribbean Panama: Genetic relationships between Caribbean and Pacific photosymbionts and host ascidians. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 435-445

•  Pineda MC, McQuaid CD, Turon X, López-Legentil S, Ordoñez V, Rius M (2012) Tough adults, frail babies: An analysis of stress sensitivity across early life-history stages of widely introduced marine invertebrates. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46672

•  Erwin PM, Pita L, López-Legentil S, Turon X (2012) Stability of sponge-bacteria symbioses over large seasonal shifts in temperature and irradiance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(20): 7358-7368

•  Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Turon X (2012) Ultrastructure, molecular phylogenetics and chlorophyll a content of novel cyanobacterial symbionts in temperate sponge hosts. Microbial Ecology 64: 771-783

•  Valero-Jiménez CA, Perez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (2012) Characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the worldwide invasive ascidian Styela plicata. Conservation Genetics Resources 4(3): 559-561

•  Pineda MC, Turon X, López-Legentil S (2012) Stress levels over time in the introduced ascidian Styela plicata: The effects of temperature and salinity variations on hsp70 gene expression. Cell Stress and Chaperones 17: 435-444

•  Loh T-L, López-Legentil S, Song B, Pawlik JR (2012) Phenotypic variability in the Caribbean orange icing sponge Mycale laevis (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida). Hydrobiologia 687(1): 205-217

•  Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Gonzalez-Pech R, Turon X (2012) A specific mix of generalists: Microbial symbionts in Mediterranean Ircinia spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 79: 619-637

2011

•  Pineda MC, López-Legentil S, Turon X (2011) The whereabouts of an ancient wanderer: Global phylogeography of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata. PLoS ONE 6(9): e25495

•  López-Legentil S, Song B, Bosch M, Pawlik JR, Turon X (2011) Cyanobacterial diversity and a new Acaryochloris-like symbiont from Bahamian sea-squirts. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23938

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X (2011) Pump water or produce larvae? Oscula occulusion during the reproductive period of the sponge Svenzea zeai. Zoological Studies 50(3): 395

•  Martínez-García M, Koblížek M, López-Legentil S, Antón J (2011) Epibiosis of oxygenic phototrophs containing  chlorophylls a, b, c, and d on the colonial ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Microbial Ecology 61:13-19

2010

•  Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Schuhmann PW (2010) The pharmaceutical value of the sea for anti-cancer drug discovery. Ecological Economics 70: 445-451

•  López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Pawlik JR, Song B (2010) Effects of sponge bleaching on ammonia oxidizing Archaea: Distribution and relative expression of ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with the barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Microbial Ecology 60(3): 561-571

•  Bontemps N, Bry D, López-Legentil S, Simon-Levert A, Long C, Banaigs B (2010) Structure and antimicrobial activity of three new pyridoacridine alkaloids isolated from different color morphs of the ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Journal of Natural Products 73(6): 1044-1048

•  López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Henkel TP, Loh T-L, Pawlik JR (2010) Phenotypic plasticity in the sponge Callyspongia vaginalis: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 74(3): 445-453

•  López-Legentil S, Song B, DeTure M, Baden DG (2010) Characterization and localization of a hybrid non ribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase gene from the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Marine Biotechnology 12: 32-41

2009

•  López-Legentil S, Pawlik JR (2009) Genetic structure of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta using the I3-M11 partition of COI. Coral Reefs 28:157-165

2008

•  Pawlik JR, Henkel TP, McMurray SE, López-Legentil S, Loh T-L, Rohde S (2008) Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368: 137-143

•  López-Legentil S, Song B, McMurray SE, Pawlik JR (2008) Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems: Hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Molecular Ecology 17(7): 1840-1850

2007

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X (2007) Lack of genetic variation in mtDNA over the amphiatlantic distribution range of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 405-408

•  López-Legentil S, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2007) Secondary metabolite and inorganic contents in Cystodytes sp. (Ascidiacea): temporal patterns and association with reproduction and growth. Marine Biology 151: 293-299

2006

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X, Planes S (2006) Genetic structure of the sea star squirt, Botryllus schlosseri, introduced in southern European harbors. Molecular Ecology 15: 3957-3967

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X (2006) Population genetics, phylogeography and speciation of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea) in the western Mediterranean. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 88: 203-214

•  López-Legentil S, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2006) Temporal variation in the production of four secondary metabolites in a colonial ascidian. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2079-2084

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X, Schupp P (2006) Chemical and physical defenses against predators in Cystodytes (Ascidiacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 332(1): 27-36

2005

•  López-Legentil S, Dieckmann R, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2005) Qualitative variation of alkaloids in color morphs of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33(11): 1107-1119

•  Charles F, López-Legentil S, Grémare A, Amouroux JM, Desmalades M, Vétion G (2005) Does sediment resuspension by storms affect the fate of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in benthic food chain? Interactions between changes in POM characteristics, adsorption and absorption by the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Continental Shelf Research 25: 2533-2553

•  López-Legentil S, Turon X (2005) How do morphoytpes and chemotypes relate to genotypes? The colonial ascidian Cystodytes (Ascidiacea: Polycitoridae). Zoologica Scripta 34(1): 3-14

•  López-Legentil S, Ruchy M, Doménech A, Turon X (2005) Life cycles and growth rates of two morphotypes of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea) in the western Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 296: 219-228

•  Turon X, López-Legentil S, Banaigs B (2005) Cell types, microsymbionts and pyridoacridine distribution in the tunic of Cystodytes. Invertebrate Biology 124(4): 355-369

2004

•  Turon X, López-Legentil S (2004) Ascidian molecular phylogeny inferred from mtDNA data with emphasis on the Aplousobranchiata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 309-320

•  Agell G, Turon X, De Caralt S, López-Legentil S, Uriz MJ (2004) Molecular and organism biomarkers of copper pollution in the ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48(7-8): 759-767

2002

•  De Caralt S, López-Legentil S, Tarjuelo I, Uriz MJ, Turon X (2002) Contrasting biological traits of Clavelina lepadiformis (Ascidiacea) populations from inside and outside harbors in western Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 244: 125-137

•  Tarjuelo I, López-Legentil S, Codina M, Turon X (2002) Defence mechanisms of adults and larvae of marine invertebrates: patterns of toxicity and palatability in colonial ascidians. Marine Ecology Progress Series 235: 103-115

 
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