Leire Garate

Showcasing the role of seawater in bacteria recruitment and microbiome stability in sponges

Marta Turon, Joan Cáliz, Leire Garate et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 62 citations · Full text

Endosymbiotic calcifying bacteria across sponge species and oceans

Leire Garate, Jan Sureda, Gemma Agell et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 34 citations · Full text

Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic <i>Hemimycale</i> species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera <i>Crella</i> and <i>Hemimycale</i> (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)

María Jesús Uriz, Leire Garate, Gemma Agell · PeerJ · 2017 · 16 citations · Full text

Calcareous spherules produced by intracellular symbiotic bacteria protect the sponge Hemimycale columella from predation better than secondary metabolites

Leire Garate, Andrea Blanquer, MJ Uriz · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2015 · 15 citations · Full text

Shared and contrasting associations in the dynamic nano‐ and picoplankton communities of two close but contrasting sites from the Bay of Biscay

Leire Garate, Laura Alonso‐Sáez, Marta Revilla et al. · Environmental Microbiology · 2022 · 10 citations · Full text