Coral reef ecosystems are at the crossroads. While significant gaps still exist in our
understanding of how “normal” reefs work, unprecedented changes in coral reef systems …

We performed the biochemical and biophysical characterization of a red fluorescent protein,
eqFP611, from the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor cloned in Escherichia coli. With an …

Coral bleaching is the breakdown of symbiosis between coral animal hosts and their
dinoflagellate algae symbionts in response to environmental stress. On large spatial scales …

Biofouling is a major problem facing the marine industry. Since toxic antifouling coatings
were banned globally due to their negative impacts on the marine environment, the …

Coral microbial ecology is a burgeoning field, driven by the urgency of understanding coral
health and slowing reef loss due to climate change. Coral resilience depends on its …

Fluorescence, the absorption of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation reemitted at
longer wavelengths, has been suggested to play several biological roles in metazoans. This …

Fluorescence is a physico-chemical energy exchange where shorter-wavelength photons
are absorbed by a molecule and are re-emitted as longer-wavelength photons. It has been …

Background A wide array of fluorescent proteins (FP) is present in anthozoans, although
their biochemical characteristics and function in host tissue remain to be determined …

Coral bleaching due to global warming currently is the largest threat to coral reefs, which
may be exacerbated by altered water quality. Elevated levels of the UV filter oxybenzone in …

Using mRNA sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly, we identified, cloned, and
characterized 9 previously undiscovered fluorescent protein (FP) homologs from Aequorea …