molecules Review Biological and Chemical Diversity of Marine Sponge-Derived Microorganisms over the Last Two Decades from 1998 to 2017 1,2, 3, 1,2 1,2 1,2 Mei-Mei Cheng y, Xu-Li Tang y, Yan-Ting Sun , Dong-Yang Song , Yu-Jing Cheng , Hui Liu 1,2, Ping-Lin Li 1,2,* and Guo-Qiang Li 1,2,* 1 Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road 5, Qingdao 266003, China;
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[email protected] (G.-Q.L.); Tel.: +86-532-8203-2323 (P.-L.L.); +86-532-8203-3054 (G.-Q.L.) These authors contributed equally to this work. y Academic Editor: Jetze J. Tepe Received: 13 January 2020; Accepted: 10 February 2020; Published: 14 February 2020 Abstract: Marine sponges are well known as rich sources of biologically natural products. Growing evidence indicates that sponges harbor a wealth of microorganisms in their bodies, which are likely to be the true producers of bioactive secondary metabolites. In order to promote the study of natural product chemistry and explore the relationship between microorganisms and their sponge hosts, in this review, we give a comprehensive overview of the structures, sources, and activities of the 774 new marine natural products from sponge-derived microorganisms described over the last two decades from 1998 to 2017.