Coral probiotics: premise, promise, prospects

RS Peixoto, M Sweet, HDM Villela… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The use of Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMCs) has been proposed recently as a
tool for the improvement of coral health, with knowledge in this research topic advancing …

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems

L Pita, L Rix, BM Slaby, A Franke, U Hentschel - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
The recognition that all macroorganisms live in symbiotic association with microbial
communities has opened up a new field in biology. Animals, plants, and algae are now …

The microbiome in threatened species conservation

AG West, DW Waite, P Deines, DG Bourne… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
As global biodiversity continues to reduce at an alarming rate, threatened species are
increasingly being brought under intensive management or into captivity. However, current …

Microbial community shifts associated with the ongoing stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract

JL Meyer, J Castellanos-Gell, GS Aeby… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As many as 22 of the 45 coral species on the Florida Reef Tract are currently affected by
stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). The ongoing disease outbreak was first observed …

Deciphering coral disease dynamics: integrating host, microbiome, and the changing environment

R Vega Thurber, LD Mydlarz, M Brandt… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Fungi in the marine environment: Open questions and unsolved problems

A Amend, G Burgaud, M Cunliffe, VP Edgcomb… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Terrestrial fungi play critical roles in nutrient cycling and food webs and can shape
macroorganism communities as parasites and mutualists. Although estimates for the number …

A horizon scan of priorities for coastal marine microbiome research

SM Trevathan-Tackett, CDH Sherman… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Research into the microbiomes of natural environments is changing the way ecologists and
evolutionary biologists view the importance of microorganisms in ecosystem function. This is …

Ice‐Ice disease: an environmentally and microbiologically driven syndrome in tropical seaweed aquaculture

GM Ward, CSB Kambey, JP Faisan Jr… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seaweeds account for nearly 30% of global aquaculture production by volume, and their
cultivation provides important opportunities for employment and wealth generation …

Microbial bioindicators of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field‐based sequencing approach

CC Becker, M Brandt, CA Miller… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is a devastating disease. Since 2014, it
has spread along the entire Florida Reef Tract and into the greater Caribbean. It was first …