N. Ishaq, Q. Song, M. Ilan, Z. Li, (2025) Functional genomic characteristics of marine sponge-associated Microbulbifer spongiae MI-GT. Microorganisms 13:1940 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms13081940
L. Itelson*, M. Merav, S. Haymi, S. Carmeli, M. Ilan, (2024) Diversity and activity of bacteria cultured from a cup – the sponge Calyx nicaeensis. Marine Drugs 22:440 DOI: 10.3390/md22100440
N. Ishaq, M. Zhang, L. Gao, M. Ilan, Z. Li, (2024) Microbulbifer spongiae sp. nov. isolated from marine sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74:006521 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006521
S. Shoham*, R. Keren*, A. Lavy*, I. Polishchuk, B. Pokoroy, M. Ilan, (2024) Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica. Science Advances 10(29), eadn3923 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn3923
L. Raijman-Nagar*, L. Goren*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan, (2024) Sponge abundance and diversity patterns in the shallow and mesophotic reefs of the northern Red Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1370089 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1370089
R. Moskovich, R. Diga, M. Ilan, G. Yahel, (2023) High variability and enhanced nocturnal oxygen uptake in coral reef sponges. Limnology and Oceanography DOI: 10.1002/lno.12361
L. Raijman-Nagar*, L. Goren*, S. Shefer*, R. Moskovich*, Z.Y. Li, M. Ilan, (2023) A comparison of mesophotic and shallow sponge holobionts resilience to predicted future temperature elevation
Frontiers in Marine Science 10:640 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1161648
E. Tassara, B. Orel*, M. Ilan, D. Cavallo, A. Dodero, M. Castellano, S. Vicini, M. Giovine, M. Pozzolini (2023) Seasonal Molecular Difference in Fibrillar Collagen Extracts derived from the Marine Sponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847) and their impact on its derived biomaterials.
Marine Drugs 21:210. DOI: 10.3390/md21040210
L. Raijman-Nagar*, S. Shefer*, T. Feldstein-Farkash, L. Novak*, M. Ilan, (2023) New Negombata species discovered- Latrunculin mystery solved
Coral Reefs DOI: 10.1007/s00338-022-02337-5
D. Kovalerchik, A. Zovko, P. Hååg, A. Sierakowiak, K. Viktorsson, R. Lewensohn, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli (2022) Cytotoxic acetylene containing lipid metabolites of the sponge Cribrochalina vasculum, new natural products, synthetic analogs and anti-cancer SAR studies.
Marine Drugs 20:265 DOI: 10.3390/md20040265
O. Hasin, S. Shoahm*, Y. Kashman, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli (2022) Theonellamides J and K and 5-cis-apoa-theopalauamide, bicyclic glycopeptides of the Red Sea sponge Theonella swinhoei.
Marine Drugs 20:31 DOI: 10.3390/md20010031
B. Orel*, M. Giovine, M. Ilan (2021) On the path to thermo-stable collagen: culturing the versatile sponge Chondrosia reniformis.
Marine Drugs 19:669 DOI: 10.3390/md19120669
E. Ben-Dor Cohen*, M. Ilan, O. Yarden (2021) The culturable mycobiome of mesophotic Agelas oroides: constituents and changes following sponge transplantation to shallow water.
Journal of Fungi 7:567 DOI: 10.3390/jof7070567
S. Shoham*, A. Weinberger* A. Kaplan, D. Avisar, M. Ilan (2021) Arsenate reducing bacteria isolated from the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei: Bioremediation potential.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 222:112522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112522
L. Goren*, T. Idan*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan (2021) Sponge-associated polychaetes: not a random assemblage.
Frontiers in Marine Science 8:640 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.695163
T. Idan*, S. Shefer*, T. Feldstein, M. Ilan (2021) New discoveries in East-Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and a description of three novel sponge species.
Mediterranean Marine Science 22:290-304 DOI: 10.12681/mms.25837
L. Goren*, T. Idan*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan (2021) Macrofauna inhabiting massive demosponges from shallow and mesophotic habitats along the Israeli Mediterranean coast.
Frontiers in Marine Science 7:612779 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.612779
T. Idan*, L. Goren*, S. Shefer*, I. Brickner, M. Ilan (2020) Does depth matter? Reproduction pattern plasticity in two common sponge species found in both mesophotic and shallow waters.
Frontiers in Marine Science 7:610565; DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.610565
T. Idan*, L. Goren*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan (2020) Sponges in a changing climate: Survival of Agelas oroides in a warming Mediterranean Sea.
Frontiers in Marine Science 7:603593; DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.603593
S. Scarfì, M. Pozzolini, C. Oliveri, S. Mirata, A. Salis, G. Damonte, D. Fenoglio, T. Altosole, M. Ilan, M. Bertolino, M. Giovine (2020) Identification, purification and molecular characterization of chondrosin, a new protein with antitumoral activity from the marine sponge Chondrosia reniformis Nardo 1847.
Marine Drugs 18: 409; DOI: 10.3390/md18080409
D. Kovalerchik, R. Singh*, P. Schlesinger, A. Mahajni, S. Shefer*, M. Fridman, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli (2020) Bromopyrrole Alkaloids of the Sponge Agelas oroides Collected Near the Israeli Mediterranean Coastline.
Journal of Natural Products 83: 374–384 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00863
N. Sokolover*, A.N. Ostrovsky, M. Ilan (2018) Schizoporella errata (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) in the Mediterranean Sea: Abundance, Growth Rate, and Reproductive Strategy.
Mediterranean Marine Science 14 868–882 DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2018.1526385
T. Mori T, J.K.B. Cahn, M.C. Wilson, R.A. Meoded*, V. Wiebach, A.F.C. Martinez, A.J.N. Helfrich, A. Albersmeier, D. Wibberg, S. Dätwyler, R. Keren*, A. Lavy*, C. Rückert, M. Ilan, J. Kalinowski, S. Matsunaga, H. Takeyama, J. Piel (2018) Single-bacterial genomics validates rich and varied specialized metabolism of uncultivated Entotheonella sponge symbionts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(8): 1718-1723 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715496115
A. Lavy*, R. Keren*, K. Yu, B. C. Thomas, L. Alvarez-Cohen, J. F. Banfield, M. Ilan (2018) A novel Chromatiales bacterium is a potential sulfide oxidizer in multiple orders of marine sponges. Environmental Microbiology 20: 800-814 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14013
T. Idan*, S. Shefer*, T. Feldstein, R. Yahel, D. Huchon, M. Ilan (2018) Shedding light on an East-Mediterranean mesophotic sponge ground community and the regional sponge fauna. Mediterranean Marine Science 19(1): 84-106 DOI: 10.12681/mms.13853
L. Moitinho-Silva et al. (39 co-authors) (2017) The sponge microbiome project.
GigaScience GIGA-D-17-00079R1 GIGA-D-17-00079R1
R. Keren*, B. Mayzel*, A. Lavy*, I. Polishchuk, D. Levy, S.C. Fakra, B. Pokroy, M. Ilan (2017) Sponge-associated bacteria mineralize arsenic and barium on intracellular vesicles.
Nature Communications 8: 14393 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14393
A. Lavy*, R. Keren*, G. Yahel, M. Ilan (2016) Intermittent hypoxia and prolonged suboxia measured in situ in a marine sponge.
Frontiers in Marine Science 3: art. 263 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00263
A. Zovko, M. Novak, P. Hååg, D. Kovalerchick, K. Färnegårdh, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli, R. Lewensohn, K. Viktorsson (2016) Compounds from the marine sponge Cribrochalina vasculum offer a way to target IGF-1R mediated signaling in tumor cells.
Oncotarget 7(31): 50258-50276 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10361
N. Sokolover*, P.D. Taylor, M. Ilan (2016) Bryozoa from the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
Mediterranean Marine Science 17(2): 440-458 DOI: 10.12681/mms.1390
R. Keren*, A. Lavy*, M. Ilan (2016) Increasing the richness of culturable arsenic-tolerant bacteria from Theonella swinhoei by adding of sponge skeleton to the growth medium.
Microbial Ecology 71(4): 873-886 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0726-0
D. Huchon, A. Szitenberg, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan, T. Feldstein (2015) Mitochondrial Group I and Group II introns in the sponge orders Agelasida and Axinellida.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 278 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0556-1
M. Ilan, A. Shlagman, L. Goren, T. Shema, B. Galil (2015) A population of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Plagusiidae) along the Israeli coastline, southeast Mediterranean.
BioInvasions Records 4: 289–291 DOI: 10.3391/bir.2015.4.4.10
I. Fuchs, Y. Aluma*, M. Ilan, I. Kityk, Y. Mastai (2015) Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformat ion to Cristobalite.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry 226: 231–236 DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.03.001
R. Keren*, A. Lavy*, B. Mayzel*, M. Ilan (2015) Culturable associated-bacteria of the sponge Theonella swinhoei show tolerance to high arsenic concentrations.
Frontiers in Microbiology 6:154 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00154
A. Lavy*, G. Eyal, B. Neal, R. Keren*, Y. Loya, M. Ilan (2015) A quick, easy, and non-intrusive method for underwater volume and surface area evaluation of benthic organisms by 3D computer modeling.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6: 521-531 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12331
A. Zovko, K. Viktorsson, P. Hååg, D. Kovalerchick, K. Färnegårdh, A. Alimonti, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli, R.M. Lewensohn (2014) Marine sponge Cribrochalina vasculum compounds activate intrinsic apoptotic signaling and inhibit growth factor signaling cascades in non-small cell lung carcinoma.
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 13:2941-2954 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-14-032986.
B. Mayzel*, M. Haber*, M. Ilan (2014) Chemical defense against fouling in the solitary ascidian Phallusia nigra.
Biological Bulletin 227: 232-241
L. Koch, A. Lodin, I. Herold, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli, O. Yarden (2014) Sensitivity of Neurospora crassa to two marine-derived Aspergillus tubingensis anhydrides exhibiting antifungal activity that is mediated by the MAS1 protein.
Marine Drugs 12: 4713-4731 DOI: 10.3390/md12094713
B. Mayzel*, J. Aizenberg, M. Ilan (2014) The elemental composition of Demospongiae from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
PLoS One 9: 1-16 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095775
I. Fuchs, Y. Aluma*, M. Ilan, Y. Mastai (2014) Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Biosilica to Cristobalite by Silicatein.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118: 2104-2111 DOI: 10.1021/jp4114317
A. Lavy*, R. Keren*, M. Haber*, I. Schwartz*, M. Ilan (2014) Implementing sponge physiological and genomic information to enhance the diversity of its culturable associated bacteria.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87: 486–502 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12240
M. Haber*, M. Ilan (2013) Diversity and antibacterial activity of bacteria cultured from Mediterranean Axinella spp. sponges.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 116: 519-532 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12401
I. Panizel*, O. Yarden, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli (2013) Eight new peptaibols from sponge-associated Trichoderma atroviride.
Marine Drugs 11: 4937-4960 DOI: 10.3390/md11124937
M. Wysokowski, V.V. Bazhenov, M.V. Tsurkan, R. Galli, A.L. Stelling, H. Stöcker, S. Kaiser; E. Niederschlag, G. Gärtner, T. Behm; M. Ilan, A.Y. Petrenko, T. Jesionowski, H. Ehrlich (2013) Isolation and Identification of chitin in three-dimensional skeleton of Aplysina fistularis marine sponge.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 62: 94-100 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.08.039
H. Ehrlich, P. Simon, M. Motylenko, M. Wysokowski, V.V. Bazhenov, R. Galli, A.L. Stelling, D. Stawski, M. Ilan, H. Stöcker, B. Abendroth, R. Born, T. Jesionowski, D.C. Meyer (2013) Extreme Biomimetics: Formation of zirconium dioxide nanophase using chitinous scaffolds under hydrothermal conditions.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 1: 5092-5099 DOI: 10.1039/C3TB20676A
H. Ehrlich, O. Kaluzhnaya, E. Brunner, M. Tsurkan, A. Ereskovsky, M. Ilan, K.R. Tabachnick, V. V. Bazhenov, S. Paasch, M. Kammer, R. Born; A. Stelling, R. Galli; S. Belikov, O.V. Petrova, V. Sivkov, D. Vyalikh, S. Hunoldt, G. Wörheide (2013) Identification and first insights into the structure and biosynthesis of chitin from the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759).
Journal of Structural Biology 183: 474-483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.06.015
H. Ehrlich, O. V. Kaluzhnaya, M. Tsurkan, A. Ereskovsky, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Ilan, A. Stelling, R. R. Galli, O. V. Petrova, S. V. Nekipelov, V. N. Sivkov, D. Vyalikh, R. Born, T. Behm, A. Ehrlich, L. I. Chernogor, S. Belikov, D. Janussen, V.V. Bazhenov, G. Wörheide (2013) First Report on Chitinous Holdfast in Sponges (Porifera).
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Lond. 280: 20130339 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0339
A. Szitenberg, L. E. Becking, S. Vargas, J. C. C. Fernandez, M. Ilan, M. Kelly, G. Wörheide, N. Santodomingo, D. Huchon (2013) Phylogeny of Tetillidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Spirophorida) based on three molecular markers.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67:509-519 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.018
M. Haber*, A. Gur, * D. Blihoghe*, M. Ilan (2013) Barnacle fouling in the Mediterranean sponges Axinella polypoides and A. verrucosa.
Marine Ecology -An Evolutionary Perspective 34: 467–473 DOI: 10.1111/maec.12047
M. Haber*, S. Shefer*, A. Giordano, P. Orlando, A. Gambacorta, M. Ilan (2013) Fulvitalea axinellae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flammeovirgaceae isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella verrucosa.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63: 1678-1983 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.044263-0
M. Haber*, S. Shefer*, A. Giordano, P. Orlando, A. Gambacorta, M. Ilan (2013) Aureivirga marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella verrucosa.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63: 1089–1095 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.043257-0
M. Haber*, S. Shefer*, A. Giordano, P. Orlando, A. Gambacorta, M. Ilan (2013) Luteivirga sdotyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63: 939–945 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.043398-0
F. Belinky, I. Goldfarb, A. Szitenberg, T. Feldstein, G. Wörheide, M. Ilan, D. Huchon (2012) ALG11 - a New Variable DNA Marker for Sponge Phylogeny. Comparison of Phylogenetic Performances with the 18S rDNA and the COI gene.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 702–713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.008
S. Schmitt, P. Tsai, J. Bell, J. Fromont, M. Ilan, N. Lindquist, T. Perez, A. Rodrigo, P. J. Schupp, J. Vacelet, N. Webster, U. Hentschel, M. W. Taylor (2012) Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges.
The ISME Journal 6: 564–576 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.116
E. Kapri-Pardes, A. Katz, H. Haviv, Y. Mahmoud, M. Ilan, I. Khalfin-Penigel*, S. Carmeli, O. Yarden, S.J.D. Karlish (2011) Stabilization of the a2 isoform of Na,K-ATPase by mutations in a phospholipid binding pocket.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 42888–42899 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.293852
O. Bergman*, B. Mayzel*, M. A. Anderson, M. Shpigel, R. T. Hill, M. Ilan (2011) Examination of marine-based cultivation of three demosponges for acquiring bioactive marine natural products
Marine Drugs 9: 2201-2219 DOI: 10.3390/md9112201
E. Cohen, L. Koch, K. Myint Thu, Y. Rahamim, Y. Aluma*, M. Ilan, O. Yarden, S. Carmeli. (2011) Novel terpenoids of the fungus Aspergillus insuetus isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Psammocinia sp. collected along the coast of Israel
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 19: 6587–6593 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.05.045
O. Bergman*, M. Haber*, B. Mayzel, * M. A. Anderson, M. Shpigel, R. T. Hill, M. Ilan (2011) Marine based cultivation of Diacarnus sponges and the bacterial community composition of wild and maricultured sponges and their larvae
Marine Biotechnology 13: 1169–1182 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-011-9391-6
Y. Aluma*, M. Ilan, D. Sherman (2011) Comments on a skeleton design paradigm for a demosponge
Journal of Structural Biology 175: 415–424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.05.006
M. Haber*, M. Carbone, E. Mollo, M. Gavagnin, M. Ilan (2011) Chemical defense against predators and bacterial fouling in the Mediterranean sponges Axinella polypoides and A. verrucosa
Marine Ecology Progress Series 422: 113-122 DOI: 10.3354/meps08921
A. Szitenberg, C. Rot*, M. Ilan, D. Huchon (2010) Diversity of sponge mitochondrial introns revealed by cox 1 sequences of Tetillidae
BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 288 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-288
H. Ehrlich, E. Steck, M. Ilan, M. Maldonado, G. Muricy, G. Bavestrello, Z. Kljajic, J.L. Carballo, S. Shiaparelli, A. Ereskovsky, P. Schupp, R. Born, H. Worch, V.V. Bazhenov, D. Kurek, V. Varlamow, D. Vyalikh, K. Kummer, V.V. Sivkov, S.L. Molodtsov, H. Meissner, G. Richter, S. Hunoldt, M. Kammer, S. Paasch, V. Krasokhin, G. Patzke, E. Brunner, W. Richter (2010)
Three dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part II. Biomimetic potential and applications
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 47: 141-145 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.05.009
H. Ehrlich, M. Ilan, M. Maldonado, G. Muricy, G. Bavestrello, Z. Kljajic, J.L. Carballo, S. Shiaparelli, A. Ereskovsky, P. Schupp, R. Born, H. Worch, V.V. Bazhenov, D. Kurek, V. Varlamow, D. Vyalikh, K. Kummer, V.V. Sivkov, S.L. Molodtsov, H. Meissner, G. Richter, E. Steck, W. Richter, S. Hunoldt, M. Kammer, S. Paasch, V. Krasokhin, G. Patzke, E. Brunner (2010)
Three dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part I. Isolation and Identification of Chitin
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 47: 132-140 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.05.007
M. Haber*, M. Carbone, M. Ilan, M. Gavagnin (2010)
Structure of debromo-carteramine A, a novel bromopyrrole alkaloid from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella verrucosa
ARKIVOC 2010(ii): 233-239 ISSN 1551-7012
Z. Paz, M. Komon-Zelazowska, I.S. Druzhinina, M.M. Aveskamp, A. Schnaiderman, Y. Aluma*, S. Carmeli, M. Ilan, O. Yarden (2010) Diversity and potential antifungal properties of fungi associated with a Mediterranean sponge
Fungal Diversity, 2: 17–26 DOI: 10.1007/s13225-010-0020-x
H. Ehrlich, P. Simon, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, V. Bazhenov, J. Botting, M. Ilan, A. Ereskovsky, G. Muricy, H. Worch, A. Mensch, R. Born, A. Springer, K. Kummer, D. Vyalikh, S. Molodtsov, D. Kurek, M. Kammer, S. Paasch, E. Brunner (2010) Insights into chemistry of biological materials: newly-discovered silica-aragonite-chitin biocomposites in demosponges
Chemistry of Materials 22: 1462-1471 DOI 10.1021/cm9026607
E. Hadas*, M. Shpigel, M. Ilan (2009) Particulate organic matter as a food source for a coral reef sponge
Journal of Experimental Biology, 212: 3643-3650 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027953
N. Ein-Gil*, M. Ilan, S. Carmeli, G.W. Smith, J.R. Pawlik, O. Yarden (2009) Presence of Aspergillus sydowii, a pathogen of gorgonian sea-fans in the marine sponge Spongia obscura
ISME Journal, 3: 752-755 DOI 10.1038/ismej.2009.18
E. Hadas*, M. Ilan, M. Shpigel (2008) Oxygen consumption by a coral reef sponge
Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2185-2190 DOI 10.1242/jeb.015420
F. Belinky, C. Rot*, M. Ilan, D. Huchon (2008) The complete mitochondrial genome of the demosponge Negombata magnifica (Poecilosclerida)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47: 1238-1243 DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.004
N. Sokolover*, M. Ilan (2007) Assessing anti-predatory chemical defenses among ten eastern Mediterranean sponges
Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK, 87: 1785-1790 DOI 10.1017/S0025315407057967
L. Steindler*, S. Schuster, M. Ilan, A. Avni, C. Cerrano, S. Beer (2007) Differential gene expression in a marine sponge in relation to its symbiotic state
Marine Biotechnology, 9: 543-549 DOI 10.1007/s10126-007-9024-2
Y. Paran, M. Ilan, Y. Kashman, S. Goldstein, Y. Liron, B. Geiger, Z. Kam (2007) High-throughput screening of cellular features using high-resolution light-microscopy; Application for profiling drug effects on cell adhesion
Journal of Structural Biology, 158: 233-243 DOI 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.12.013
N. Hizi-Degany*, E. Meroz-Fine*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan (2007) Tale of Two Colors - Cladopsammia gracilis (Dendrophylliidae) color morphs distinguished also by their genetics and ecology
Marine Biology, 151: 2195-2206 DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0653-9
A. Zundelevich*, B. Lazar, M. Ilan (2007) Chemical versus mechanical bioerosion of coral reefs by boring sponges – Lessons from Pione cf. vastifica
Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 91-96 DOI 10.1242/jeb.02627
J.R. Pawlik, L. Steindler*, T.P. Henkel, S. Beer, M. Ilan (2007) Chemical warfare on coral reefs: Sponge metabolites differentially affect coral symbiosis in situ
Limnology & Oceanography, 52: 907-911 DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0907
C. Rot*, I. Goldfarb, M. Ilan, D. Huchon (2006) Putative cross-kingdom horizontal gene transfer in sponge (Porifera) mitochondria
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 6: 71- ARTN 71 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-71
E. Hadas*, D. Marie, M. Shpigel, M. Ilan (2006) Virus predation by sponges is a new nutrient-flow pathway in coral reef food webs
Limnology & Oceanography, 51: 1548– 1550 DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1548
S. Gesner, N. Cohen*, M. Ilan, O. Yarden, S. Carmeli (2005) Pandagolide 1a, a new metabolite of the sponge associated fungus Cladosporium sp. and the absolute stereochemistry of Pandagolide 1 and iso-Cladospolide B
Journal of Natural Products, 68: 1350-1353 DOI 10.1021/np050158343.
M. Oren*, L. Steindler*, M. Ilan (2005) Transmission, plasticity and the molecular identification of cyanobacterial symbionts in the Red Sea sponge Diacarnus erythraenus
Marine Biology, 148: 35-41 DOI 10.1007/s00227-005-0064-8
L. Steindler*, D. Huchon, A. Avni, M. Ilan (2005) 16S rRNA Phylogeny of Sponge-Associated Cyanobacteria
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 4127-4131 DOI 10.1128/AEM.71.7.4127-4131.2005
E. Meroz-Fine*, S. Shefer*, M. Ilan (2005) Changes in morphology and physiology of an East Mediterranean sponge in different habitats.
Marine Biology, 147: 243-250 DOI 10.1007/s00227-004-1532-2
E. Hadas*, M. Shpigel, M. Ilan (2005) Sea ranching of the marine sponge Negombata magnifica (Demospongiae, Latrunculiidae) as a first step for latrunculin-B production.
Aquaculture, 244: 159-169 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.11.052
M. Ilan, J. Gugel*, R.W.M. van Soest (2004) Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of both new and known Red Sea sponges.
Sarsia, 89: 388 – 410 DOI 10.1080/00364820410002659
M. Ilan, D. Janussen, J. Gugel*, B. Galil (2003) Small bathyal sponge species from East Mediterranean revealed by non-regular soft bottom sampling technique.
Ophelia, 57: 145-160 DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2003.10409511
E. Meroz-Fine*, I. Brickner, Y. Loya, M. Ilan (2003) The hydrozoan coral Millepora dichotoma – speciation or phenotypic plasticity?
Marine Biology, 143: 1175–1183 DOI 10.1007/s00227-003-1135-3
V.C. Sundar, A.D. Yablon, J.L. Grazul, M. Ilan, J. Aizenberg (2003)
Fibre-optical features of a glass sponge
Nature, 424: 899-900 (DOI: 10.1038/424899a
E. Burns, M. Ilan (2003) Comparison of anti-predatory defenses of Red Sea versus Caribbean sponges: II. Physical defense.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252: 115-123 DOI: 10.3354/meps252105
E. Burns*, I. Ifrach*, S. Carmeli, J.R. Pawlik, M. Ilan (2003) Comparison of anti-predatory defenses of Red Sea versus Caribbean sponges: I. Chemical defense.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252: 105-114 DOI: 10.3354/meps252115
L. Steindler*, S. Beer, M. Ilan (2002) Photosymbiosis in intertidal and subtidal tropical sponges.
Symbiosis 33: 263-273 EID: 2-s2.0-0036950189
E. Meroz, I. Brickner, Y. Loya, A. Peretzman-Shemer, M. Ilan (2002) The effect of gravity on coral morphology.
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, 269: 717-720 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1924
D. Kelman, Y. Kashman, E. Rosenberg, M. Ilan, I. Yifrach*, Y. Loya (2001) Antimicrobial activity of the reef sponge Amphimedon viridis from the Red Sea: evidence for selective toxicity.
Aquatic Microbial Ecology 24: 9-16 DOI: 10.3354/ame024009
T. Evan, A. Rudi, M. Ilan, Y. Kashman (2001) Aplyzanzine A, a new dibromotyrosine derivative from a Verongida sponge.
Journal of Natural Products 64: 226-227 DOI: 10.1021/np000383e
L. Steindler*, S. Beer, A. Peretzman-Shemer, C. Nyberg, M. Ilan (2001) Photoadaptation of zooxanthellae in the sponge Cliona vastifica from the Red Sea as measured in situ.
Marine Biology 138: 511-515 DOI: 10.1007/s002270000482
O. Gillor*, S. Carmeli, Y. Rahamim, Z. Fishelson, M. Ilan (2000) Immuno-localization of the toxin latrunculin B within the Red Sea sponge Negombata magnifica (Demospongiae; Latrunculiidae).
Marine Biotechnology 2: 213-223 DOI: 10.1007/s101260000026
M. Ilan, Y. Loya, G.A. Kolbasov, I. Brickner (1999) Sponge inhabiting barnacles on coral reefs.
Marine Biology 133: 709-716 DOI: 10.1007/s002270050512
M. Ilan, S. Beer (1999) A new technique for non-intrusive in situ measurements of symbiotic photosynthesis under water.
Coral Reefs 18: 74 DOI: 10.1007/s003380050157
B. Rinkevich, R. Blisko*, M. Ilan (1998) Further steps in the initiation of cell cultures from embryos and adult sponge colonies.
In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 34: 753-756 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0028-7
S. Beer, M. Ilan (1998) In situ measurements of photosynthetic irradiation responses of two Red Sea sponges growing under dim light conditions.
Marine Biology 131: 613-617 DOI: 10.1007/s002270050353
S. Beer, M. Ilan, A. Eshel, A. Weil, I. Brickner (1998) Use of pulse amplitude modulator (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of photosynthesis in two Red Sea faviid corals.
Marine Biology 131: 607-612 DOI: 10.1007/s002270050352
J. Aizenberg, M. Ilan, S. Weiner, L. Addadi (1996) Intracrystalline macromolecules are involved in the morphogenesis of calcitic sponge spicules.
Connective Tissue Res. 34-5: 17-23 DOI: 10.3109/03008209609005269
R. Goobes, A. Rudi, Y. Kashman, M. Ilan, Y. Loya (1996) Three new glycolipids from a Red Sea sponge of the genus Erylus.
Tetrahedron, 52: 7921-7928 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00363-8
M. Ilan, H. Contini*, S. Carmeli, B. Rinkevich (1996) Progress towards cell cultures from a marine sponge that produces bioactive compounds.
Journal of Marine Biotechnology 4: 145-149 EID: 2-s2.0-0001213394
L. Stone, E. Eilam, A. Abelson, M. Ilan (1996)
Modeling coral reef biodiversity and habitat destruction.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 134: 299-302 DOI: 10.3354/meps134299
M. Ilan, J. Aizenberg, O. Gilor (1996) Dynamics of spicule growth in a calcareous sponge.
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, 263: 133-139 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0021
M. Ilan, M.G. Dembo*, A. Gasith (1996) Gemmules of sponges from a warm lake.
Freshwater Biology, 35: 165-172 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00486.x
M. Ilan, A. Abelson (1995) The life of a sponge in a sandy lagoon.
Biological Bulletin, 189: 363-369 DOI: 10.2307/1542154
E. Meroz*, M. Ilan (1995) Cohabitation of a coral reef sponge and a scyphozoan.
Marine Biology, 124: 453-459 DOI: 10.1007/BF00363919
E. Meroz*, M. Ilan (1995) Life history characteristics of a coral reef sponge.
Marine Biology, 124: 443-451 DOI: 10.1007/BF00363918
U. Frank, I. Brickner, B. Rinkevich, Y. Loya, R. P. M. Bak, Y. Achituv, M. Ilan (1995)
Allogeneic and xenogeneic interactions on reef-building corals may induce tissue growth without calcification.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 124: 181-188
M. Ilan (1995) Reproductive biology, taxonomy, and aspects of chemical ecology of Latrunculiidae (Porifera).
Biological Bulletin, 188: 306-312 DOI: 10.2307/1542307
J. Aizenberg, J. Hanson, M. Ilan, L. Leiserowitz, T.F. Koetzle, L. Addadi, S. Weiner (1995) Morphogenesis of calcitic sponge spicules: a role for specialized proteins interacting with growing crystals.
The FASEB Journal 9: 262-268 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.9.2.7781928
M. Ilan, N. Ben-Eliyahu, B. Galil (1994) Three deep water sponges from the Eastern Mediterranean and their associated fauna.
Ophelia, 39: 45-54 DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1994.10429901
M. Ilan, J. Vacelet (1993) Kebira uteoides (Porifera, Calcarea), a recent "Pharetronid" sponge from coral reefs.
Ophelia, 38: 107-116 DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1993.10429892
M. Ilan, R. A. Jensen, D. E. Morse (1993) Calcium control of metamorphosis in polychaete larvae.
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 267: 423-430 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402670408
D. Green, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, M. Ilan, Y. Kashman (1992) Cyanthiwigin A-D, novel cytotoxic diterpens from the sponge Epipolasis reiswigi.
Natural Products Letters, 1: 193-199 DOI: 10.1080/10575639208048911
R. Talpir, R. Rudi, M. Ilan, Y. Kashman (1992) Niphatoxin A and B., two new ichtyo- and cyto-toxic tripyridine alkaloids from a marine sponge.
Tetrahedron Letters, 33: 3033-3034 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79592-X
M. Ilan, Y. Loya (1990) Ontogenetic variation in sponge histocompatibility responses.
Biological Bulletin, 179: 279-286 DOI: 10.2307/1542319
M. Ilan, Y. Loya (1990) Sexual reproduction and settlement of a coral reef sponge Chalinula sp. from the Red Sea.
Marine Biology, 105: 25-31
A. A. Degen, B. Pinshow, M. Ilan (1990) Seasonal water flux and urine and plasma concentrations in free-living fat sand rats feeding solely on saltbush.
Journal of Arid Environments, 18: 59-66
M. Ilan, Y. Yom Tov (1990) Diel activity pattern of a diurnal desert rodent Psammomys obesus.
Journal of Mammalogy, 71: 66-69 DOI: 10.2307/1381317
S. Carmeli, M. Ilan, Y. Kashman (1989) 2-amino imidazole alkaloids from the marine sponge Leucetta chagosensis.
Tetrahedron, 45: 2193-2200 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80079-X
