The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions

AR Mohamed, MA Ochsenkühn… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms,
some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against …

Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations

M McCauley, TL Goulet, CR Jackson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microorganisms play essential roles in the health and resilience of cnidarians.
Understanding the factors influencing cnidarian microbiomes requires cross study …

Colocalization and potential interactions of Endozoicomonas and chlamydiae in microbial aggregates of the coral Pocillopora acuta

J Maire, K Tandon, A Collingro, A van de Meene… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Corals are associated with a variety of bacteria, which occur in the surface mucus layer,
gastrovascular cavity, skeleton, and tissues. Some tissue-associated bacteria form clusters …

Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean

C Hochart, L Paoli, HJ Ruscheweyh, G Salazar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Health and resilience of the coral holobiont depend on diverse bacterial communities often
dominated by key marine symbionts of the Endozoicomonadaceae family. The factors …

[HTML][HTML] Soterobionts: disease-preventing microorganisms and proposed strategies to facilitate their discovery

M Wang, T Cernava - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop production and the food security that it provides are currently threatened worldwide by
plant pathogens. Conventional control measures, such as breeding for resistant plants, are …

Deoxygenation lowers the thermal threshold of coral bleaching

R Alderdice, G Perna, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to deoxygenation from climate warming and pollution is emerging as a
contributing factor of coral bleaching and mortality. However, the combined effects of heating …

Frenemies on the reef? Resolving the coral–Endozoicomonas association

C Pogoreutz, M Ziegler - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Stony corals are poster child holobionts due to their intimate association with diverse
microorganisms from all domains of life. We are only beginning to understand the diverse …

The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world

CR Voolstra, JB Raina, M Dörr, A Cárdenas… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome

T Keller-Costa, L Kozma, SG Silva, R Toscan… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The role of bacterial symbionts that populate octocorals (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)
is still poorly understood. To shed light on their metabolic capacities, we examined 66 high …

Unveiling microbiome changes in Mediterranean octocorals during the 2022 marine heatwaves: quantifying key bacterial symbionts and potential pathogens

C Prioux, R Tignat-Perrier, O Gervais, T Estaque… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Climate change has accelerated the occurrence and severity of heatwaves in
the Mediterranean Sea and poses a significant threat to the octocoral species that form the …