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Guilherme Muricy's Degrees

Bachelors Biology Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Masters Zoology University of São Paulo
PhD Zoology University of São Paulo

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According to Wikipedia, Guilherme Muricy is a Brazilian invertebrate zoologist, and Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Brazil. He is a specialist in sponges and has written over 100 papers on the chemistry, the taxonomy of sponges, and the descriptions of many new sponge species.

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Marine sponges: potential sources of new antimicrobial drugs. (2009) (258)
Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part I. Isolation and identification of chitin. (2010) (143)
Insights into Chemistry of Biological Materials: Newly Discovered Silica-Aragonite-Chitin Biocomposites in Demosponges (2010) (116)
Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part II: Biomimetic potential and applications. (2010) (103)
Macrofauna associated to Mycale microsigmatosa (Porifera, Demospongiae) in Rio de Janeiro State, SE Brazil (2003) (98)
Isolation, characterization and phylogeny of sponge-associated bacteria with antimicrobial activities from Brazil. (2010) (98)
Ircinia strobilina crude extract as corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in acid medium (2019) (82)
Environmental Shaping of Sponge Associated Archaeal Communities (2010) (79)
Challenges and rewards of research in marine natural products chemistry in Brazil. (2004) (67)
Catalogue of Brazilian porifera (2011) (60)
Antimicrobial activity of Southwestern Atlantic shallow-water marine sponges (Porifera) (1993) (52)
Cytological evidence for cryptic speciation in Mediterranean Oscarella species (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) (1996) (51)
Genetic evidence for extensive cryptic speciation in the subtidal sponge Plakina trilopha (Porifera:Demospongiae:Homoscleromorpha) from the Western Mediterranean (1996) (51)
Sponges without skeleton: A new Mediterranean genus of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera, Demospongiae) (1995) (47)
Antibiotic, cytotoxic and enzyme inhibitory activity of crude extracts from Brazilian marine invertebrates (2007) (46)
Marine Pseudomonas putida: a potential source of antimicrobial substances against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (2009) (45)
Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905, Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880 (2002) (41)
Arenosclerins A-C and haliclonacyclamine E, new tetracyclic alkaloids from a Brazilian endemic Haplosclerid sponge Arenosclera brasiliensis. (2000) (41)
Chemical variability within the marine sponge Aplysina fulva (2008) (39)
Marine sponges with contrasting life histories can be complementary biomonitors of heavy metal pollution in coastal ecosystems (2014) (38)
Investigation of biotechnological potential of sponge‐associated bacteria collected in Brazilian coast (2015) (38)
Ecological roles of natural products from the marine sponge Geodia corticostylifera (2006) (38)
Marine sponges of Pernambuco State, NE Brazil (1998) (36)
World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a new Thematic Species Database for marine and anchialine cave biodiversity (2016) (33)
Taxonomic revision of the Mediterranean Plakina Schulze (Porifera, Demospongiae, Homoscleromorpha) (1998) (32)
Anatomy, cytology and symbiotic bacteria of four Mediterranean species of Plakina Schulze, 1880 (Demospongiae, Homosclerophorida) (1999) (29)
Potential Application in Mercury Bioremediation of a Marine Sponge-Isolated Bacilluscereus strain Pj1 (2014) (29)
Antimicrobial activity of marine sponges against coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine mastitis. (2012) (28)
Bacterial communities of the marine sponges Hymeniacidon heliophila and Polymastia janeirensis and their environment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008) (28)
Taxonomic revision of some lepraliomorph cheilostome bryozoans (Bryozoa: Lepraliomorpha) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (2011) (27)
The Sesterterpene Variabilin as a Fish-Predation Deterrent in the Western Atlantic Sponge Ircinia strobilina (1999) (26)
Isolation of crambescidin 800 from Monanchora arbuscula (Porifera) (1994) (26)
Patterns of sponge distribution in Cagarras Archipelago, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004) (25)
Sponge Distribution at Arraial do Cabo, SE Brazil (1991) (25)
A New Species of Oscarella (Demospongiae: Plakinidae) from California (2004) (24)
Mercury and methylmercury detoxification potential by sponge-associated bacteria (2014) (24)
In vivo study of microsclere formation in sponges of the genus Mycale (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) (2002) (21)
Shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (southwestern Atlantic) (1999) (20)
Taxonomy of Plakortis and Plakinastrella (Demospongiae: Plakinidae) from oceanic islands off north-eastern Brazil, with description of three new species (2003) (20)
Chemical divergence between two sibling species of Oscarella (Porifera) from the Mediterranean Sea (2004) (20)
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria inhibited by extracts and fractions from Brazilian marine sponges (2010) (18)
Geodia corticostylifera (Demospongiae, Porifera) new astrophorid from the Brazilian coast (Southwestern Atlantic) (1992) (17)
Descriptions of new sponge species and genus, including aspiculate Plakinidae, overturn the Homoscleromorpha classification (2017) (17)
Cellular dynamics of in vitro allogeneic reactions of Hymeniacidon heliophila (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) (2004) (16)
Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species (2010) (16)
Taxonomy and distribution of Bugula (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata: Anasca) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (2005) (16)
Antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity analysis of halistanol trisulphate from marine sponge Petromica citrina. (2012) (15)
Characterization of Cultivable Bacteria from Brazilian Sponges (2013) (14)
Culturable bacterial communities associated to Brazilian Oscarella species (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) and their antagonistic interactions (2017) (14)
Oroidin inhibits the activity of the multidrug resistance target Pdr5p from yeast plasma membranes. (2011) (14)
Evaluation of Marine Brown Algae and Sponges from Brazil as Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Products (2011) (13)
High intraspecific variation in the diet of the french angelfish Pomacanthus paru in the south-western Atlantic (2012) (13)
Antagonistic Interactions among Bacteria Isolated from either the Same or from Different Sponges Native to the Brazilian Coast (2016) (13)
Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic (2015) (12)
A new species of Gastrophanella from central western Atlantic, with a discussion of the family Siphonidiidae (Demospongiae: Lithistida) (2000) (12)
Spongivory by juvenile angelfish (Pomacanthidae) in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil (2007) (11)
Bacillus Strains Associated to Homoscleromorpha Sponges are Highly Active Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria (2020) (11)
Cyclostomata (Bryozoa, Stenolaemata) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (2009) (11)
Antibiotic resistance genes detected in the marine sponge Petromica citrina from Brazilian coast (2016) (11)
Systematic revision of the genus Petromica Topsent (Demospongiae: Halichondrida), with a new species from the southwestern Atlantic (2004) (11)
A new species of Haliclona (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Chalinidae) from southeastern Brazil and the first record of Haliclona vansoesti from the Brazilian coast. (2015) (10)
Taxonomy and phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) from Brazilian mid-shelf and oceanic islands (2017) (10)
Taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Potiguar Basin, NE Brazil (2009) (10)
TAXONOMY OF BEANIA Johnston, 1840 (BRYOZOA, FLUSTRINA) FROM ARRAIAL DO CABO, RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL 1 (2009) (10)
A new species of Stoeba (Demospongiae: Astrophorida) from oceanic islands off north-eastern Brazil (2007) (9)
Antifouling activity of twelve demosponges from Brazil. (2013) (9)
Integrative taxonomy widens our knowledge of the diversity, distribution and biology of the genus Plakina (Homosclerophorida: Plakinidae) (2019) (9)
Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil (Mollusca, Gastropoda) (2015) (9)
Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil) (2004) (8)
Appraisal of Antiophidic Potential of Marine Sponges against Bothrops jararaca and Lachesis muta Venom (2013) (8)
Four new species of Plakinidae (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Brazil. (2013) (8)
Not That Close to Mommy: Horizontal Transmission Seeds the Microbiome Associated with the Marine Sponge Plakina cyanorosea (2020) (7)
A new species of Cinachyra (Demospongiae: Tetillidae) collected by Project REVIZEE off Espírito Santo State, SE Brazil (2007) (5)
High reduction of staphylococcal biofilm by aqueous extract from marine sponge-isolated Enterobacter sp. (2020) (5)
Taxonomy of Plakina (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Aegean submarine caves, with descriptions of three new species and new characters for the genus (2019) (5)
Diet of the queen angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris (Pomacanthidae) in São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil (2012) (5)
Three new species of Strongylacidon (Chondropsidae: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae) from north-east Brazil, with new morphological characters for the family (2011) (4)
Paraclostridium is the Main Genus of Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from New Species of the Marine Sponge Plakina in the Brazilian Southeast Coast (2019) (4)
New records of Catenicella de Blainville, 1830 (Catenicellidae: Cheilostomata: Ascophora) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (2014) (4)
Peeling the Layers Away: The Genomic Characterization of Bacillus pumilus 64-1, an Isolate With Antimicrobial Activity From the Marine Sponge Plakina cyanorosea (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) (2021) (4)
Evaluation of Marine Brown Algae and Sponges from Brazil as Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Products. (2011) (4)
A new species of Stelletta (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) without microscleres from Abrolhos Archipelago, northeastern Brazil (2005) (4)
A new species of Latrunculia (Biannulata) (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Rio de Janeiro, south-eastern Brazil (2013) (3)
Biodiversity and structure of marine sponge assemblages around a subtropical island (2020) (3)
An example of the importance of labels and fieldbooks in scientific collections: A freshwater sponge misunderstood for a marine new genus and species. (2015) (3)
Hexactinellid sponges reported from shallow waters in the Oligo-Miocene Pirabas Formation (N Brazil) are in fact cheilostome bryozoans (2016) (3)
Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Tethya (Porifera: Hadromerida) with description of four new species (2011) (3)
New sciaphilic plakinids (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) from the Central-Western Pacific. (2018) (2)
Taxonomic revision of the MediterraneanPlakinaSchulze (Porifera, Demospongiae, Homoscleromorpha) (1998) (2)
Metabolomic fingerprinting of Brazilian marine sponges: a case study of Plakinidae species from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (2021) (2)
Distribution, population structure and settlement preference of Tubastraea spp. (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) on rocky shores of the Cagarras Islands Natural Monument and surroundings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022) (2)
Thorectinae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from Northeastern Brazil: two new species and transfer of Scalarispongia cincta (Boury-Esnault, 1973) to the genus Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888. (2016) (2)
A new cave-dwelling species of Plakina (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Crete, Greece (South Aegean Sea). (2018) (1)
Genomic and in silico protein structural analyses provide insights into marine polysaccharide-degrading enzymes in the sponge-derived Pseudoalteromonas sp. PA2MD11. (2021) (1)
World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a tool for evaluating sponge diversity in marine caves and anchialine systems of the world (2017) (1)
A new species of Thorecta (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the western Atlantic, with remarks on the taxonomy of the genus (2010) (1)
Marine biodiversity of the Potiguar Basin: Porifera. (2008) (1)
ARINE SPONGES FROM RIO DE JANEIRO STATE: AN UNEXPLORED RENEWABLE RESOURCE (1999) (1)
Taxonomy of deep-water tetillid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Spirophorina) from Brazil, with description of three new species and new characters. (2018) (1)
Taxonomy of Geodia and Rhabdastrella from the Brazilian coast: a new species, new synonyms and redescription of Geodia tylastra (Demospongiae: Astrophorina: Geodiidae and Ancorinidae). (2021) (1)
Benthic biodiversity of the central region of the Brazilian Economic Exclusion Zone. (2006) (0)
Cataloguing sponge diversity from Atlantic marine caves and comparison with relevant data from the Mediterranean Sea (2019) (0)
Culturable bacterial communities associated to Brazilian Oscarella species (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) and their antagonistic interactions (2016) (0)
BIODIVERSITY AND STRUCTURE OF MARINE SPONGES ASSEMBLIES IN ILHA GRANDE BAY, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (2015) (0)
Three years with the World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) initiative: current status and future perspectives (2018) (0)
A new species of Latrunculia (Biannulata) (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Rio de Janeiro, south-eastern Brazil (2012) (0)
Manned submersible dives reveal a singular assemblage of Hexactinellida (Porifera) off the Amazon River mouth, Northern Brazil. (2022) (0)
Validation of Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011, replacement name for the sponge Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Demospongiae, Tethyida, Tethyidae). (2017) (0)
Diversity of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) in two submarine caves in the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean) (2015) (0)
New records of Endectyon (Endectyon) xerampelina (Lamarck, 1814 (Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, with comments on its distribution and type locality. (2019) (0)
SPONGE DISTRIBUTION AT SERGIPE STATE, NORTHEAST BRAZIL (2015) (0)
Taxonomy and distribution of Didiscus and Myrmekioderma (Demospongiae: Axinellida) off the mouths of the two largest rivers in Brazil, with description of four new species (2021) (0)
Paraclostridium is the Main Genus of Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from New Species of the Marine Sponge Plakina in the Brazilian Southeast Coast (2019) (0)
Distribution of sponges in the Biological Reserve of Atol das Rocas, NE Brazil (2003) (0)
Taxonomy of Plakina (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Aegean submarine caves, with descriptions of three new species and new characters for the genus (2018) (0)
Antagonistic interactions between cultivable bacteria isolated from Brazilian marine sponges. (2013) (0)
Potential Application in Mercury Bioremediation of a Marine Sponge-Isolated Bacilluscereus strain Pj1 (2014) (0)
Mercury and methylmercury detoxification potential by sponge-associated bacteria (2014) (0)
Characterization of Cultivable Bacteria from Brazilian Sponges (2013) (0)
Taxonomy of Melophlus Thiele, 1899 and Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879, with description of two new species from Brazil (Demospongiae: Astrophorina) (2020) (0)
Taxonomy of some Indian and Pacific oceans Corticium, with the description of three new species from Western Australia (Porifera: Homosclerophorida). (2021) (0)
Biodiversity and structure of marine sponge assemblages around a subtropical island (2020) (0)

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