| Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges S Schmitt, P Tsai, J Bell, J Fromont, M Ilan, N Lindquist, T Perez, ... The ISME Journal 6 (3), 564-576, 2012 | 584 | 2012 |
| Fibre-optical features of a glass sponge VC Sundar, AD Yablon, JL Grazul, M Ilan, J Aizenberg Nature 424 (6951), 899-900, 2003 | 347 | 2003 |
| The sponge microbiome project L Moitinho-Silva, S Nielsen, A Amir, A Gonzalez, GL Ackermann, ... Gigascience 6 (10), gix077, 2017 | 203 | 2017 |
| Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part I. Isolation and identification of chitin H Ehrlich, M Ilan, M Maldonado, G Muricy, G Bavestrello, Z Kljajic, ... International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 47 (2), 132-140, 2010 | 173 | 2010 |
| Antimicrobial activity of the reef sponge Amphimedon viridis from the Red Sea: evidence for selective toxicity D Kelman, Y Kashman, E Rosenberg, M Ilan, I Ifrach, Y Loya Aquatic Microbial Ecology 24 (1), 9-16, 2001 | 170 | 2001 |
| Putative cross-kingdom horizontal gene transfer in sponge (Porifera) mitochondria C Rot, I Goldfarb, M Ilan, D Huchon BMC evolutionary biology 6, 1-11, 2006 | 155 | 2006 |
| Diversity and potential antifungal properties of fungi associated with a Mediterranean sponge Z Paz, M Komon-Zelazowska, IS Druzhinina, MM Aveskamp, ... Fungal Diversity 42, 17-26, 2010 | 138 | 2010 |
| 16S rRNA phylogeny of sponge-associated cyanobacteria L Steindler, D Huchon, A Avni, M Ilan Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71 (7), 4127-4131, 2005 | 137 | 2005 |
| Morphogenesis of calcitic sponge spicules: a role for specialized proteins interacting with growing crystals J Aizenberg, J Hanson, M Ilan, L Leiserowitz, TF Koetzle, L Addadi, ... The FASEB journal 9 (2), 262-268, 1995 | 132 | 1995 |
| Insights into chemistry of biological materials: newly discovered silica-aragonite-chitin biocomposites in demosponges H Ehrlich, P Simon, W Carrillo-Cabrera, VV Bazhenov, JP Botting, M Ilan, ... Chemistry of Materials 22 (4), 1462-1471, 2010 | 130 | 2010 |
| A quick, easy and non‐intrusive method for underwater volume and surface area evaluation of benthic organisms by 3D computer modelling A Lavy, G Eyal, B Neal, R Keren, Y Loya, M Ilan Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6 (5), 521-531, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part II: Biomimetic potential and applications H Ehrlich, E Steck, M Ilan, M Maldonado, G Muricy, G Bavestrello, Z Kljajic, ... International journal of biological macromolecules 47 (2), 141-145, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Use of pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of photosynthesis in two Red Sea faviid corals S Beer, M Ilan, A Eshel, A Weil, I Brickner Marine Biology 131, 607-612, 1998 | 116 | 1998 |
| Identification and first insights into the structure and biosynthesis of chitin from the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris H Ehrlich, OV Kaluzhnaya, E Brunner, MV Tsurkan, A Ereskovsky, M Ilan, ... Journal of Structural Biology 183 (3), 474-483, 2013 | 114 | 2013 |
| Chemical warfare on coral reefs: sponge metabolites differentially affect coral symbiosis in situ JR Pawlik, L Steindler, TP Henkel, S Beer, M Ilan Limnology and Oceanography 52 (2), 907-911, 2007 | 113 | 2007 |
| Isolation and identification of chitin in three-dimensional skeleton of Aplysina fistularis marine sponge M Wysokowski, VV Bazhenov, MV Tsurkan, R Galli, AL Stelling, H Stöcker, ... International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 62, 94-100, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Chemical versus mechanical bioerosion of coral reefs by boring sponges - lessons from Pione cf. vastifica A Zundelevich, B Lazar, M Ilan Journal of experimental biology 210 (1), 91-96, 2007 | 108 | 2007 |
| Virus predation by sponges is a new nutrient‐flow pathway in coral reef food webs E Hadas, D Marie, M Shpigel, M Ilan Limnology and Oceanography 51 (3), 1548-1550, 2006 | 105 | 2006 |
| Comparison of anti-predatory defenses of Red Sea and Caribbean sponges. I. Chemical defense E Burns, I Ifrach, S Carmeli, JR Pawlik, M Ilan Marine Ecology Progress Series 252, 105-114, 2003 | 104 | 2003 |
| Intracrystalline macromolecules are involved in the morphogenesis of calcitic sponge spicules J Aizenberg, M Ilan, S Weiner, L Addadi Connective tissue research 34 (4), 255-261, 1996 | 103 | 1996 |
Shmuel CarmeliProf. of ChemistryVerified email at post.tau.ac.il
