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Members of a newly described candidate bacterial genus, Entotheonella, have been identified as the sources of the rich array of natural products found in the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei. Two scientists discuss this discovery from the perspectives of microbial ecology and drug discovery. See Article p.58

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Figure 1: Sponge's secret.

A, TOSHIYUKI WAKIMOTO; B, TETSUSHI MORI

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Marcel Jaspars is at the Marine Biodiscovery Centre, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK.,

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  2. Greg Challis is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.,

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Jaspars, M., Challis, G. A talented genus. Nature 506, 38–39 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13049

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