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Cécile Debitus is affiliated with the University of Western Brittany in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Environmental Science. The subfields of their work include Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics in Debitus's body of work concern Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Debitus has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Marine sponge aquaculture towards drug development: An ongoing history of technical, ecological, chemical considerations and challenges (2021, Aquaculture Reports)
  • Quorum Sensing Inhibitory and Antifouling Activities of New Bromotyrosine Metabolites from the Polynesian Sponge Pseudoceratina n. sp. (2020, Marine Drugs)
  • Bioactive Bromotyrosine Derivatives from the Pacific Marine Sponge Suberea clavata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) (2021, Marine Drugs)
  • Calcareous sponges from the French Polynesia (Porifera: Calcarea) (2020, Zootaxa)
  • Poriferans rift apart: molecular demosponge biodiversity in Central and French Polynesia and comparison with adjacent marine provinces of the Central Indo-Pacific (2023, Biodiversity and Conservation)

The venues where Debitus frequently publishes include Marine Drugs, Zootaxa, Aquaculture Reports, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Biodiversity and Conservation.

Their collaborations frequently involve Sylvain Petek, Merrick Ekins, John N. A. Hooper, Mathilde Maslin, and Nabila Gaertner-Mazouni.

Best Publications

  • Callipeltin A, an Anti-HIV Cyclic Depsipeptide from the New Caledonian Lithistida Sponge Callipelta sp.

    A. Zampella;M.V. D'Auria;L. Gomez Paloma;A. Casapullo

  • Agelastatin a, a new skeleton cytotoxic alkaloid of the oroidin family. Isolation from the axinellid sponge Agelas dendromorpha of the coral sea

    Michele D'Ambrosio;Antonio Guerriero;Cécile Debitus;Olivier Ribes

  • Leucascandrolide A, a New Type of Macrolide: The first powerfully bioactive metabolite of calcareous sponges (Leucascandra caveolata, a new genus from the coral sea)

    Michele D'Ambrosio;Antonio Guerriero;Francesco Pietra;Cécile Debitus

  • Halipeptins A and B: two novel potent anti-inflammatory cyclic depsipeptides from the Vanuatu marine sponge Haliclona species.

    Antonio Randazzo;Giuseppe Bifulco;Clelia Giannini;Mariarosaria Bucci

  • Jaspines A and B: two new cytotoxic sphingosine derivatives from the marine sponge Jaspis sp.

    Véronique Ledroit;Cécile Debitus;Catherine Lavaud;Georges Massiot

  • Microsclerodermins A and B. Antifungal Cyclic Peptides from the Lithistid Sponge Microscleroderma sp.

    Carole A. Bewley;Cecile Debitus;D. John Faulkner

  • Homophymine A, an anti-HIV cyclodepsipeptide from the sponge Homophymia sp.

    Angela Zampella;Valentina Sepe;Paolo Luciano;Filomena Bellotta

  • Callipeltosides B and C, two novel cytotoxic glycoside macrolides from a marine lithistida sponge Callipelta sp.

    Angela Zampella;M.Valeria D'Auria;Luigi Minale;Cécile Debitus

  • Metabolites from the Sponge-Associated Bacterium Pseudomonas Species.

    Valérie Bultel-Poncé;Jean-Pascal Berge;Cécile Debitus;Jean-Louis Nicolas

  • Ptilomycalin A, crambescidin 800 and related new highly cytotoxic guanidine alkaloids from the starfishes Fromia monilis and Celerina heffernani

    Elio Palagiano;Simona De Marino;Luigi Minale;Raffaele Riccio

  • Agelastatin E, agelastatin F, and benzosceptrin C from the marine sponge Agelas dendromorpha.

    Supriya Tilvi;Céline Moriou;Marie-Thérèse Martin;Jean-François Gallard

  • The Active Centres of Agelastatin A, a Strongly Cytotoxic Alkaloid of the Coral Sea Axinellid Sponge Agelas dendromorpha, as Determined by Comparative Bioassays with Semisynthetic Derivatives†‡

    Michele D'Ambrosio;Antonio Guerriero;Francesco Pietra;Marina Ripamonti

  • Petrosaspongiolides M-R: new potent and selective phospholipase A2 inhibitors from the New Caledonian marine sponge Petrosaspongia nigra

    Antonio Randazzo;Cécile Debitus;Luigi Minale;P. García Pastor

  • Callipeltins B and C; Bioactive Peptides from a. Marine Lithistida Sponge Callipelta sp.

    M.V. D'Auria;A. Zampella;L. Gomez Paloma;L. Minale

  • The gymnochromes: novel marine brominated phenanthroperylenequinone pigments from the stalked crinoid Gymnocrinus richeri

    F De Riccardis;Maria Iorizzi;L Minale;R Riccio

  • Bistramides A, B, C, D, and K: a new class of bioactive cyclic polyethers from Lissoclinum bistratum.

    Jean François Biard;Christos Roussakis;Jean Michel Kornprobst;Danielle Gouiffes-Barbin

  • Quinolones from a bacterium and tyrosine metabolites from its host sponge, Suberea creba from the Coral Sea

    Debitus C;Guella G;Mancini I I;Waikedre J

  • New jaspamide derivatives from the marine sponge Jaspis splendans collected in Vanuatu.

    Angela Zampella;Clelia Giannini;Cécile Debitus;Christos Roussakis

  • (+/-)-Gelliusines A and B, two diastereomeric brominated tris-indole alkaloids from a deep water new caledonian marine sponge (Gellius or Orina sp.).

    Giuseppe Bifulco;Ines Bruno;Luigi Minale;Raffaele Riccio

  • Dactylolide, a New Cytotoxic Macrolide from the Vanuatu Sponge Dactylospongia sp.

    Adele Cutignano;Ines Bruno;Giuseppe Bifulco;Agostino Casapullo

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaele Riccio
Raffaele Riccio University of Salerno
Ricardo Riguera
Ricardo Riguera University of Santiago de Compostela
Giuseppe Bifulco
Giuseppe Bifulco University of Salerno
Graziano Guella
Graziano Guella University of Trento
Antonio Randazzo
Antonio Randazzo University of Naples Federico II
John N. A. Hooper
John N. A. Hooper Griffith University
Emilio Quiñoá
Emilio Quiñoá University of Santiago de Compostela
Olivier Laprévote
Olivier Laprévote Université Paris Cité
Maria Chiara Monti
Maria Chiara Monti University of Salerno
Piero Pucci
Piero Pucci University of Naples Federico II

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