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Original Research

Published on 09 Feb 2026

Unveiling the specific microbiome of bivalves: insights into host microbial dynamics and pathogen interactions in a shared environment

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Miriam Muñoz-Martínez
Magalí Rey-Campos
Raquel Aranguren
Raquel Ríos-Castro
Beatriz Novoa
Antonio Figueras

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1731630

533 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jan 2026

A comparative molecular study of rhizostome jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae) from Japan reveals variability in Symbiodiniaceae taxon associations and cassiosome production

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Kei Chloe Tan
Mitsuko Chikuchishin
Shuhei Ikeda
Ryota Tamada
Kazuya Okuizumi
Goh Nishitani
Minoru Ikeda
Cheryl Lewis Ames

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1679299

1,041 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jan 2026

Integrative insights into marine protist assemblages between surface and deep chlorophyll maximum

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Seong In Na
Hye Jin Seo
Se Hyeon Jang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1756144

830 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Assessing benthic community structure and diversity in the Western Pacific polymetallic nodule area: insights from multi-primer eDNA metabarcoding

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Ziyu Zhao
Ziyu Li
Xuebao He
Juan Yang
Jianxin Xia

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1690596

1,148 views

Methods

Accepted on 30 Dec 2025

Optimized Lipid Extraction and Annotation Pipeline Customization for Individual Chitinous Mesozooplankton Using UPLC-HRMS

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Jiwoon Hwang
Bethanie Rachele Edwards

Frontiers in Marine Science

362 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Dec 2025

Latitude-dependent diversity and assembly processes of coastal microbial communities across multiple trophic levels in the China Seas

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Yunlei Zhang
Xin Gao
Zhizhuo Shao
Yi Sun
Zheng Zhang
Hongjun Li
Jinqing Ye

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1714451

873 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Dec 2025

An insight into the development stages and proteome of the early-stage embryo in the horseshoe crab species T. gigas

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Utpal Mallick
Yashkumar Rathod
Sumit Biswas

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1692457

1,342 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Nov 2025

Environmental DNA-based metabarcoding reveals a high animal biodiversity level within Red Sea mangrove beds

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Khaled Mohammed-Geba
Ahmed Mohamed Elamin
Arwa Hassan
Essmat Mohammed
Alaa-Eldin Salah-Eldin
Eric J. Schott
Asmaa Galal-Khallaf

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1686361

1,792 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Physalia mikazuki sp. nov. (Phylum Cnidaria; class Hydrozoa) blown into Japan’s northeast (Tohoku) at the whim of marine ecosystem change

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Chanikarn Yongstar
Yoshiki Ochiai
Muhammad Izzat Nugraha
Kei Chloe Tan
Ayane Totsu
Waka Sato-Okoshi
Cheryl Lewis Ames

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1653958

9,794 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

Ghosts of the current: environmental DNA assays to detect conservation priority areas for three critically endangered hammerhead sharks

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Diego Cardeñosa

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1688088

3,557 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Modelling the spatial bound of an eDNA signal in the marine environment – the effect of local conditions

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Tiago A. M. Silva
Claire P. C. Beraud
Philip D. Lamb
Wayne Rostant
Hannah J. Tidbury

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1613001

4,595 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Pseudocnella sykion from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using 1H-NMR and UPLC-QTOF-HR-MS

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Cassandra Upton
Gerhard Prinsloo
Paul Anton Steenkamp
Moses Okpeku

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1609951

3,330 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Determining the taxonomic and functional profile of marine bacterial copper systems involved in marine early copper surface colonization

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Pratima Gautam
Vanessa Molina
Matthew First
Ivan Erill
Kathleen D. Cusick

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1661535

3,258 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Investigating bacterial contributions to thermal tolerance in three intertidal marine snail Tegula species

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Brian Applegate
Meghan Burkhart
Hunter Caddow
Brighton Gover
Mary-Frances Kantola
Janessa Gaetos Obenchain
Anissa Smith
Bruce Nash
Ray A. Enke
Lani U. Gleason

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1645537

3,696 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Jun 2025

Analysis of venom gland transcriptomes from two Tesseliconus species, Conus eburneus and Conus tessulatus, reveals inter- and intra-specific variations in conopeptide diversity and expression as well as putative novel gene superfamilies and disulfide-poor venom components

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Francis A. Tablizo
Dan Jethro M. Masacupan
Arturo O. Lluisma

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1616692

2,141 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Whole-genome survey reveals the genomic characteristics and phylogeny of three species within the family Echeneidae

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Fenglin Wang
Qi Liu
Yinquan Qu
Tianxiang Gao
Xingle Guo
Xiumei Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1586527

2,104 views

Original Research

Published on 15 May 2025

Oceanographic and trophodynamic underpinnings of anchovy success in the northern California Current

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Kelsey Swieca
Su Sponaugle
Moritz S. Schmid
Jami Ivory
Robert K. Cowen

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1558793

2,277 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Anthozoan eDNA primer set characterizes Ctenophora and Medusozoa inhabiting mesophotic and deep waters off the Gulf Coast of the southern USA

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Annemarie Wood
Luke McCartin
Santiago Herrera
Andrea M. Quattrini
Allen G. Collins

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1535149

3,383 views

Original Research

Published on 08 May 2025

Transcriptomic profile of the northern hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) in response to short-term low salinity exposure

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Leslie S. Youtsey
Kimberly S. Reece
Richard A. Snyder
Jan R. McDowell

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1574486

2,026 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 29 Apr 2025

Changes in macrobenthos communities during the invasive Spartina alterniflora removal and mangrove restoration

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Lin Lin
Yuqing Guo
Guangzhao Wang
Shilong Feng
Kai Liu
Mingcheng Hu
Mouxin Ye
Chunxi Cao
Ruohai Chen
Silong Ding

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1581442

2,831 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Apr 2025

The molecular mechanism of ovary development in Thamnaconus septentrionalis induced by rising temperature via transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Yan Liu
Wengang Xu
Xueli Zhang
Jiulong Wang
Xiaoling Chen
Xiaoyan Yu
Jun Zeng
Yanqing Wu
Liming Liu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1556002

2,298 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 14 Feb 2025

Comprehensive transcriptome profiling of silvertip tetra (Hasemania nana), a new freshwater fish model for gender classification based on color and establishment of a caudal fin-derived cell line

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Hwa Jin Lee
Mi-Gi Lee
Jeong-Hyeon Cho
Min Sun Kim
Sang Yoon Lee

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1517938

2,289 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Feb 2025

Effect of eDNA metabarcoding temporal sampling strategies on detection of coastal biodiversity

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Maelle Sevellec
Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel
Eric Normandeau
Louis Bernatchez
Kimberly Lynn Howland

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1522677

4,797 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Feb 2025

Trophic niche differentiation and foraging plasticity of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Tasmanian waters: insights from isotopic analysis

in Marine Molecular Biology and Ecology

Christine H. Jackson
Rosemary Gales
Yves Cherel
George D. Jackson
Patti Virtue

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1520905

2,422 views
1 citation

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Unveiling the specific microbiome of bivalves: insights into host microbial dynamics and pathogen interactions in a shared environment

A comparative molecular study of rhizostome jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae) from Japan reveals variability in Symbiodiniaceae taxon associations and cassiosome production

Integrative insights into marine protist assemblages between surface and deep chlorophyll maximum

Assessing benthic community structure and diversity in the Western Pacific polymetallic nodule area: insights from multi-primer eDNA metabarcoding

Optimized Lipid Extraction and Annotation Pipeline Customization for Individual Chitinous Mesozooplankton Using UPLC-HRMS

Latitude-dependent diversity and assembly processes of coastal microbial communities across multiple trophic levels in the China Seas

An insight into the development stages and proteome of the early-stage embryo in the horseshoe crab species T. gigas

Environmental DNA-based metabarcoding reveals a high animal biodiversity level within Red Sea mangrove beds

Physalia mikazuki sp. nov. (Phylum Cnidaria; class Hydrozoa) blown into Japan’s northeast (Tohoku) at the whim of marine ecosystem change

Ghosts of the current: environmental DNA assays to detect conservation priority areas for three critically endangered hammerhead sharks

Modelling the spatial bound of an eDNA signal in the marine environment – the effect of local conditions

Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Pseudocnella sykion from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using 1H-NMR and UPLC-QTOF-HR-MS

Determining the taxonomic and functional profile of marine bacterial copper systems involved in marine early copper surface colonization

Investigating bacterial contributions to thermal tolerance in three intertidal marine snail Tegula species

Analysis of venom gland transcriptomes from two Tesseliconus species, Conus eburneus and Conus tessulatus, reveals inter- and intra-specific variations in conopeptide diversity and expression as well as putative novel gene superfamilies and disulfide-poor venom components

Whole-genome survey reveals the genomic characteristics and phylogeny of three species within the family Echeneidae

Oceanographic and trophodynamic underpinnings of anchovy success in the northern California Current

Anthozoan eDNA primer set characterizes Ctenophora and Medusozoa inhabiting mesophotic and deep waters off the Gulf Coast of the southern USA

Transcriptomic profile of the northern hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) in response to short-term low salinity exposure

Changes in macrobenthos communities during the invasive Spartina alterniflora removal and mangrove restoration

The molecular mechanism of ovary development in Thamnaconus septentrionalis induced by rising temperature via transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis

Comprehensive transcriptome profiling of silvertip tetra (Hasemania nana), a new freshwater fish model for gender classification based on color and establishment of a caudal fin-derived cell line

Effect of eDNA metabarcoding temporal sampling strategies on detection of coastal biodiversity

Trophic niche differentiation and foraging plasticity of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Tasmanian waters: insights from isotopic analysis