Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Tropical scleractinian corals support a diverse assemblage of microbial symbionts. This
'microbiome'possesses the requisite functional diversity to conduct a range of nitrogen (N) …

The role of diazotrophs in coral physiology and reef biogeochemistry remains poorly
understood, in part because N2 fixation rates and diazotrophic community composition have …

Efficient nutrient cycling in the coral-algal symbiosis requires constant but limited nitrogen
availability. Coral-associated diazotrophs, ie, prokaryotes capable of fixing dinitrogen, may …

Coral reef health depends on an intricate relationship among the coral animal,
photosynthetic algae, and a complex microbial community. The holobiont can impact the …

Nitrate reductases (NRs) are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate (NO3−) to nitrite (NO2−) in
both mammals and plants. In mammals, the salival microbes take part in the generation of …

The productivity and biodiversity of coral reefs are unmatched in the marine environment
(Hatcher 1990). Surrounded by oligotrophic oceans, coral reefs are buzzing oases of life in a …

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 …

Reef-building corals form complex relationships with a wide range of microbial partners,
including symbiotic algae in the family Symbiodiniaceae and various bacteria. These coral …

Background Marine holobionts depend on microbial members for health and nutrient
cycling. This is particularly evident in cnidarian-algae symbioses that facilitate energy and …