[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

EP Santoro, RM Borges, JL Espinoza, M Freire… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) ameliorate environmental stress, but whether
they can prevent mortality and the underlying host response mechanisms remains elusive …

[HTML][HTML] Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

N Garcias-Bonet, A Roik, B Tierney, FC García… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
The provision of probiotics benefits the health of a wide range of organisms, from humans to
animals and plants. Probiotics can enhance stress resilience of endangered organisms …

Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems: effective strategies to preserve coral reef ecosystems

CR Voolstra, RS Peixoto, C Ferrier‐Pagès - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
Coral reef ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots that provide a habitat for about a third of all
marine species (Fisher et al, 2015)—which is why colloquially they are referred to as the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome analysis of a coral-associated bacterial consortium highlights complementary hydrocarbon degradation ability and other beneficial mechanisms for …

H Villela, F Modolon, J Schultz… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Here we report the oil degradation genetic potential of six oil-degrading bacteria (ODB),
previously used as a bioremediation consortium, isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora …

Stony coral tissue loss disease intervention with amoxicillin leads to a reversal of disease‐modulated gene expression pathways

MS Studivan, RJ Eckert, E Shilling… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented disease outbreak due
to its high mortality rate and rapid spread throughout Florida's Coral Reef and wider …

Green dispersants for oil spill response: A comprehensive review of recent advances

A Giwa, B Chalermthai, B Shaikh, H Taher - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Green dispersants are so-called “green” because they are renewable (from bio-based
sources), non-volatile (from ionic liquids), or are from naturally available solvents (vegetable …

Exploring the potential molecular mechanisms of interactions between a probiotic consortium and its coral host

PM Rosado, PM Cardoso, JG Rosado, J Schultz… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) have been demonstrated to be effective
probiotics to alleviate bleaching and mitigate coral mortality in vivo. The selection of putative …

[HTML][HTML] Global qualitative and quantitative distribution of micropollutants in the deep sea

CLS Vilela, TL Damasceno, T Thomas… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Micropollutants (MPs) include a wide range of biological disruptors that can be toxic to
wildlife and humans at very low concentrations (< 1 μg/L). These mainly anthropogenic …